Salvador Dalí, Mae West Lips Sofa, 1938 © Salvador Dalí, Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, DACS, London 2006

LONDON, ENGLAND.- The V&A’s major spring exhibition, Surreal Things, will be the first to explore the influence of Surrealism on the world of design – theatre, interiors, fashion, film, architecture, and advertising. Alongside paintings by Magritte, Ernst and Dalí will be some of the most extraordinary objects of the 20th century, from Dalí’s Mae West Lips sofa and Lobster Telephone to Elsa Schiaparelli’s dramatic ‘Tear’ and ‘Skeleton’ dresses, and Meret Oppenheim’s Table with Bird’s Legs. (courtesy www.Artdaily.org)