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Roy Disney on Uncle Walt and Dalí

Salvador Dalí as film-maker? A strange idea to many who think that his involvement with the medium stretched to little more than playing consultant to Hitchcock on Spellbound. However, Dalí himself provides perhaps a definitive quote, “The most decisive moment in the production of a film is when you need the force of will to convince your producers that if this film is not made, the world, as we know it, will come to an end.” Roy Disney on the artist's collaboration with his Uncle Walt.

Salvador Dalí and Walt Disney at Dalí's home in Port Lligat, Spain 1957

Salvador Dalí and Walt Disney at Dalí's home in Port Lligat, Spain 1957
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Martin Parr, Anna Pavord and others on Photographing Britain

Tom Wood Bottlenose, Chelsea Reach (from Looking for Love), 1985

To coincide with Tate Britain's photographic survey of Britain's social history, TATE ETC. asked a selection of writers, curators and photographers to reflect on some memorable images.

Vincent Katz on Hélio Oiticica

c.1965. Hélio Oiticica with 'Bólides and Parangolés' in his studio in Rio de Janeiro

Hélio Oiticica’s Brazilian arts flourished in the 1950s, originating with the Modernist movement of the 1920s, and Oiticica became a barrier-smasher in this period.