Salvador Dalí Sculpture Stolen from Belfortmuseum in Belgium

Brussels – A sculpture by Spanish artist Salvator Dali was stolen in broad daylight from an exhibition in the Belgian city of Bruges, local media said Friday, quoting police sources. The bronze artefact, known as “La Femme aux tiroirs” (Lady with drawers), was snatched shortly after noon local time on Wednesday, the Belga news agency reported.The figurine, which measures around 50 centimetres in height and 30 centimetres in width and weighs around 10 kilograms, was hidden in a bag before [...]

New Salvador Dali Exhibition of Late Works Opens Exclusively at Atlanta’s High Museum

ATLANTA, GA.- A new exhibition opening exclusively in Atlanta explores artist Salvador Dali’s late work, including several major pieces that haven’t been seen in the U.S. in half a century. Dali is best known as a surrealist, his melting watches an iconic image of that movement. But after about 10 years, his relationship with that group grew strained in the late 1930s for a variety reasons both artistic and political. “Salvador Dali: The Late Work,” opening at the High Museum [...]

Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí Wins Case Against Self-Named Dalí Museum in Berlin

BARCELONA.- In early 2009, the German company Dalí-Museum Berlin GmbH announced the opening, in February 2009 on Berlin’s Leipziger Platz, of a show entitled “DALÍ – DIE AUSSTELLUNG” (DALÍ – THE EXHIBITION) displaying graphic works and sculptures attributed to Salvador Dalí. The presentation of this eminently commercial exhibition of mainly serial works gave rise to confusion, mainly on account of the use of the definite article (“THE exhibition”) which appeared to indicate a special, unique official event. The company name [...]

Public Allowed to See Restoration of Dalí Painting at Museum in Rotterdam

ROTTERDAM.- Have you ever seen a famous painting being restored? This summer the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is letting everyone enjoy a process that is usually carried out behind closed doors. From mid-June the enormous painting Landscape with a Girl Skipping Rope by the world-famous Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí will undergo a miraculous restoration. You can follow the silent spectacle for two months in the Serra gallery. The painting and six other Dalís from the museum collection will then go [...]

Spanish Royal Society Awards Robert Descharnes Gold Medal as World’s Leading Dali Expert

BARCELONA.- On December 17, 2009 the Real Círculo Artístico of Barcelona (Royal Artistic Circle of Barcelona – RCAB), Spain, issued a proclamation awarding French photographer Robert Descharnes, long term friend and associate of Salvador Dalí and expert in his work, its coveted Gold Medal “For the merit which he displays, the greatest authority in the world in the knowledge and defense of the work of the artist Salvador Dalí i Domench.” The award was accepted on Robert Descharnes’ behalf by [...]