a woman sitting on a stone staircase

Leonora Carrington: Writer, Painter, Visionary

September 9, 2023 - January 7, 2024

In this free exhibit at The Dalí, Leonora Carrington: Writer, Painter, Visionary is an introduction to the remarkable life of Leonora Carrington, a Surrealist artist, sculptor and writer whose work deals with the visionary, the fantastic and the occult. Carrington produced more than 2,000 paintings and authored several notable written works. The exhibition will highlight Carrington’s personal life, her time as a painter and her written work.

Salvador Dalí's drawing, Soft Watch Exploding with blue background

Where Ideas Come From: Dalí’s Drawings

May 27, 2023 – October 22, 2023

This exhibition brings together approximately 100 rarely seen works on paper from The Dalí Museum’s permanent collection. Spanning the entire length of Dalí’s creative life, from 1916 through 1974, the exhibition provides insight into the artist’s creative process as seen over a variety of media, including pencil, pen, charcoal, watercolor, gouache, and more. Included in the exhibition are two new surrealist acquisitions by The Dalí Museum — the ballet-related portrait of King Ludwig for Bacchanale and the frontispiece The Disappearing Face as well as many recently-conserved works on view for the first time in over three decades, which are rarely displayed due to their delicate nature.

Staff Art Show Art Image with Koi Fish and Astronaut

Talent Within: The Dalí Staff Art Show

August 26, 2023 – September 4, 2023

In this free exhibit, and in the spirit of inclusion at The Dalí, we want to provide a space where staff can share their creative endeavors with each other, the community and beyond—an opportunity to show multiple artistic expressions and perspectives.

Student artwork, girl with blue hair and morphed face

Student Surrealist Art Exhibit 2023: Statewide

May 11, 2023 – August 20, 2023

Initiated in 1992, this annual art exhibit presents work by middle and high school students whom we invite to explore ideas and visions similar to those explored by Salvador Dalí and the surrealists.

Salvador Dali with dreamscape emerging from top of head

The Shape of Dreams

November 25, 2022 – April 30, 2023

The Shape of Dreams explores 500 years of dream-inspired paintings from the 16th to 20th century, demonstrating how artists throughout time have depicted a profound yet common phenomenon of human experience — the dream. The exhibition will examine how Western artists have depicted dreams for very different audiences throughout time, exploring the continuity and disconnections between the past and present.