Where Ideas Come From: Dali’s Drawings opens in Florida May 27

Salvador Dali, ‘Les Fourmis (Ants),’ circa 1936. Gouache on tinted paper, 25 ¾ by 19 ½in. Collection of the Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Fla. (USA). In the USA: © Salvador Dali Museum, Inc., St. Petersburg, Fla., 2022 / Worldwide : ©Salvador Dali, Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali, (ARS), 2022
Salvador Dali, ‘Study for Soft Watch Exploding,’ 1954. Ink and pencil on paper, 5 by 6 ¾in. Collection of the Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Fla. (USA). In the USA: © Salvador Dali Museum, Inc., St. Petersburg, Fla., 2022 / Worldwide : ©Salvador Dali, Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali, (ARS), 2022
Salvador Dali, ‘Study for Soft Watch Exploding,’ 1954. Ink and pencil on paper, 5 by 6 ¾in. Collection of the Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Fla. (USA). In the USA: © Salvador Dali Museum, Inc., St. Petersburg, Fla., 2022 / Worldwide : ©Salvador Dali, Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali, (ARS), 2022

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Dali Museum will present more than 100 works on paper from the museum’s vault in Where Ideas Come From: Dali’s Drawings from May 27 through Oct. 22. Showcasing the artist’s utilization of various media, including pencil, pen, charcoal, watercolor and gouache, Dali’s Drawings will highlight Dali’s creative process throughout the many phases of his career. More than half of the artworks will be on view for the first time in 35 years and will rarely be displayed again due to their fragile nature. Through the support of donations from the community, the majority of the works featured in the exhibition were recently conserved — for the first time — in alignment with the Dali’s mission to care for and share Dali’s work and legacy.

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Dali Museum to mount show of dream-inspired paintings in November

Salvador Dali, ‘Shades of Night Descending,’ 1931. Oil on canvas. 24 by 19.75in. Collection of the Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, FL (USA). In the USA: © Salvador Dali Museum, Inc., St. Petersburg, FL 2022 / Worldwide: © Salvador Dali, Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali, (ARS), 2022
Salvador Dali, ‘Shades of Night Descending,’ 1931. Oil on canvas. 24 by 19.75in. Collection of the Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, FL (USA). In the USA: © Salvador Dali Museum, Inc., St. Petersburg, FL 2022 / Worldwide: © Salvador Dali, Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali, (ARS), 2022
Salvador Dali, ‘Shades of Night Descending,’ 1931. Oil on canvas. 24 by 19.75in. Collection of the Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, FL (USA). In the USA: © Salvador Dali Museum, Inc., St. Petersburg, FL 2022 / Worldwide: © Salvador Dali, Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali, (ARS), 2022

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A new exhibition at the Dali Museum examines a profound yet common human experience — the dream. The Shape of Dreams, on view from Nov. 25 through April 30, 2023, explores 500 years of paintings from the 16th to the 20th century, demonstrating how artists throughout time have depicted the enigmatic state of awareness that often leaves dreamers searching for meaning.

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Immersive Salvador Dali art experience planned for Colorado site

A scene from the immersive Dali Alive art experience, which will debut in Aurora, Colo., in October. Image credit: Dali Alive © 2022 by the Salvador Dali Museum, Inc. St. Petersburg, FL and Grande Experiences. Worldwide rights ©Salvador Dali, Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali.

 

A scene from the immersive Dali Alive art experience, which will debut in Aurora, Colo., in October. Image credit: Dali Alive © 2022 by the Salvador Dali Museum, Inc. St. Petersburg, FL and Grande Experiences. Worldwide rights ©Salvador Dali, Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali.
A scene from the immersive Dali Alive art experience, which will debut in Aurora, Colo., in October. Image credit: Dali Alive © 2022 by the Salvador Dali Museum, Inc. St. Petersburg, FL and Grande Experiences. Worldwide rights ©Salvador Dali, Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali.

AURORA, Colo. – Grande Experiences, a company that specializes in multi-sensory art and culture experiences, in cooperation with the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, announces the world premiere of Dali Alive. The new permanent digital art gallery for the show is the Lume Colorado, located at Stanley Marketplace in Aurora. The Dali Alive experience will open to the public on Friday, October 21.

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Dali Museum celebrates boundary-breaking photographer Lee Miller

Self portrait (variant on Lee Miller par Lee Miller), Paris, France c1930 by Lee Miller. © Lee Miller Archives England 2020. All Rights Reserved. www.leemiller.co.uk
Self portrait (variant on Lee Miller par Lee Miller), Paris, France c1930 by Lee Miller. © Lee Miller Archives England 2020. All Rights Reserved. www.leemiller.co.uk
Self portrait (variant on Lee Miller par Lee Miller), Paris, France, circa 1930 by Lee Miller. © Lee Miller Archives England 2020. All Rights Reserved. www.leemiller.co.uk

ST.PETERSBURG, Fla. – Although her first work was as a model, Lee Miller (1907-1977) – the trusted confidante of many influential artists and an eyewitness to some of the most extraordinary moments of the 20th century – made lasting contributions as a photographer. Sweeping in scope and intimate in focus, The Woman Who Broke Boundaries: Photographer Lee Miller surveys her fascinating personal life and remarkably incisive portraiture and photojournalism. The exhibition is organized by The Dali Museum and will feature more than 130 images from Miller’s prolific body of work. The exhibition will be on view exclusively at The Dali Museum July 3 through January 2, 2022.

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