Works by two of the 20th century’s greatest artists are currently on show side by side in a unique exhibition in Barcelona that explores the connection between them.

Born more than two decades apart, in the late 19th and early 20th century Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí shared a friendship based in mutual admiration, collaboration and artistic rivalry.

Both were heavily influenced by their native Spain but each chose a different artistic approach.

“Picasso and Georges Braque are the two main figures of Cubism. Later on, Picasso never become a member of the Surrealist movement, but surrealist artists all looked up to him. Dalí is a fundamental figure of the Surrealist movement. One could describe his cubist work at the start of the 1920’s as a dialogue with Picasso,” says Bernardo Laniado-Romero, director of the Barcelona Picasso Museum.

Featuring works by the two artists mostly hung in pairs, the exhibition displays some 80 paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints, as well