Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)

The foundation hopes to recoup some of its 2020 losses, which totaled €3.1 million. Last year 93.7% of reservations at its museums were canceled. Exhibitions dedicated to the Surrealist are scheduled for 2021 in Taiwan, Korea and Russia, with immersive installations in Paris, Antwerp and Florence. (El País Cataluña)

In a simplistic heist, a thief stole Dalí’s La Girafe en Feu (1966-1967) from Dennis Rae Fine Art on Sunday. The limited-edition surrealist etching, one of a series of seven influenced by Picasso’s bullfighting paintings, was taken from an easel when the gallery’s associate director momentarily turned his back.  

Early on January 30, thieves smashed the glass door of Couleur Gallery to steal ten of the surrealist’s sculptures, and several drawings, all on loan from a Swiss collection. While the works are valued from $22,000-$55,000, they will be difficult to sell as the robbers left behind their authenticity certificates.

Coming from the Mafalda Davis estate, this 1950 drawing illustrates Salvador Dalí's humour as well as the character the Catalan artist invented for himself.

The Barcelona auction house La Suite will auction off a collection of works purchased in the 1980s from the Barcelona gallery Dau al Set, when it was managed by art collector Salvador Riera. The auction will take place on October 10 and will include works by artists such as Salvador Dalí and José María Sicilia.

At the turn of 1926, when he was finally expelled from the Madrid Fine Arts School, the work of the young Salvador Dalí shifted towards Surrealism. Although he did not become an official member of André Breton's movement until 1929, at his Goemans Gallery...

When the wildest of all Catalan artists reinterprets a Christian episode, it's a blast!

For a chilly pop-up display beginning last Friday, the Minneapolis Museum of Art commissioned ice sculptures of five popular works from its collection. The frozen sculptures include a surrealist Salvador Dalí work combining a lobster and a telephone and a “veiled lady” bust by Italian artist Rafaelle Monti

The Stéphane Petit estate sale boasts precious Surrealist works passed down from his father, providing an opportunity to pay tribute to a discrete dealer who had an amazing career and started upholding the movement in the 1950s.

Chinese porcelain vied with a work by a French master for first place in this prestigious, resoundingly successful sale, which also included items by Jouve and Dalí.