SPECIAL EVENT | Dalí, Lorca, and Buñuel in America: An International Conference

Through an interdisciplinary perspective, conference sessions will explore the influence of the United States on the works of major Spanish artists.

October 15, 2015
All day
Location
Hood Auditorium
Sponsored by
Hood Museum of Art
Audience
Public
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Alison Palizzolo

Through an interdisciplinary perspective, conference sessions will explore the influence of the United States on the works of major Spanish artists Salvador Dalí, Federico Garcia Lorca, and Luis Buñuel, as well as their legacies in American literature, film, and art during a foundational moment of the modernist and avant-garde period in Europe and America. Click here for more information.

Organized by José M. del Pino, Professor of Spanish. Sponsored by the Hood Museum of Art, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the Leslie Center of the Humanities, Friends of Dartmouth College Library, Office of the Dean of Arts and Humanities, and the Spanish Consulate at Boston with the support of the Neukom DALI lab (Digital Arts, Leadership, and Innovation Lab in Computer Science) at Dartmouth.

15 October,Thursday, 5:00 p.m.
CONFERENCE KEYNOTE ADDRESS: THE DR. ALLEN W. ROOT CONTEMPORARY ART DISTINGUISHED LECTURE
“Traveling between the Avant-garde and Mass Culture: The American Journeys of Dalí, Lorca, and Buñuel”

Antonio Monegal, Professor of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature, Universitat Pompeu Fabra-Barcelona
A reception to follow in the Kim Gallery. Cosponsored by Friends of Dartmouth Library, Dartmouth College

16 October, Friday, 7:00 p.m.
FILM SCREENINGS
Dalí, Lorca, and Buñuel

Explore films produced by surrealist artists Salvador Dalí, Federico Garcia Lorca, and Luis Buñuel, including Un chien andalou (1929), L’Age d’Or (1930), and a series of shorts titled Destino, Viaje a la luna.

Location
Hood Auditorium
Sponsored by
Hood Museum of Art
Audience
Public
More information
Alison Palizzolo