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Explore the connections between psychoanalysis, life and art through our permanent and temporary exhibitions.

  • Freud’s Antiquity: Object, Idea, Desire Cover

    Freud’s Antiquity: Object, Idea, Desire

    Freud’s Antiquity: Object, Idea, Desire is a multi-media resource which aims to trace the connections between Freud’s most important theoretical breakthroughs and his collection of antiquities showing how Freud’s desire for the ancient world helped animate the concepts and method of psychoanalysis.

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  • 1920/2020: Freud and Pandemic Cover

    1920/2020: Freud and Pandemic

    One hundred years ago, Sigmund Freud lived through a global pandemic. This topical exhibition explores the similarities between Freud’s experience of the Spanish Flu and 2020's COVID-19 pandemic, its impact on mental health and the response by psychoanalysts.

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  • Freud, Dalí and the Metamorphosis of Narcissus Cover

    Freud, Dalí and the Metamorphosis of Narcissus

    This exhibition explores the connection between Sigmund Freud and Salvador Dalí, starting from their one meeting in London, to which Dalí brought his recently completed painting The Metamorphosis of Narcissus.

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  • Between Oedipus and the Sphinx: Freud and Egypt Cover

    Between Oedipus and the Sphinx: Freud and Egypt

    Between Oedipus and the Sphinx: Freud and Egypt is an exhibition prepared in collaboration with UCL exploring Freud’s enduring fascination with Egypt, evident both in his writings and in his collection of antiquities.

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