The Dalí Theatre-Museum
50 years
The act of looking is terrible and colossally sublime, and note that when I say I shake like a leaf when I ‘make’ my pictures, I am very aware that they will be ‘looked at’ and must PLEASE as far as possible the most relentless, the most capricious, the most intelligent, the most maniacal, the most fatally refined audience: that is to say, myself. Salvador Dalí, c. 1938
Presentation
Director of the Dalí Museums
Exhibitions
Acquisition
The Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, continuing its commitment to enriching the Dalí Theatre-Museum with creations by the artist, with particular attention to his surrealist period, has acquired the oil painting The Birth of Liquid Anguish, from 1932, at auction at Christie’s.
The Birth of Liquid Anguish
Cat. no. P313
1932
Oil on canvas
55 x 38.5 cm
Signed and dated to bottom left:
Gala Salvador Dalí 1932
Audio-visual
Rediscover Dalí with our new audio-visual. A tribute to the unique vision of the Empordà artist that is inspired by the article “A History of Art, Short but Clear”, written by Dalí in 1947 and published in the Dalí News.
This article, which Dalí considered “one of the best histories of art ever penned”, covers the great periods of art history, from Classical antiquity to his own contemporaries.
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Dalí Theatre-Museum, we invite you to delve into this new exploration of Salvador Dalí’s artistic career, and his highly personal interpretation of art history. Along the way, guided by the painter in his own words and the comments of a narrator, you will immerse yourself in Dalí’s universe and discover a new dimension of the Dalí Theatre-Museum.
- Title:
- The Dalí Theatre-Museum, A History of Art, Short but Clear by Salvador Dalí
- Year:
- 2024
- Produced by:
- Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí
- Directed by:
- David Pujol
- Script:
- Montse Aguer and David Pujol, with the collaboration of Lucia Moni and Maria Carreras
- Edited by:
- Jordi Muñoz Salló (Amae)
- Documentation:
- Unique documentation conserved at the Centre for Dalinian Studies, including original period photographs and film footage.
