This November, the museum opens Dalí: Gems, an exhibition as multifaceted and brilliant as a fine jewel. Our curator Joan Kropf meticulously selected more than 60 exquisite and rarely viewed pieces from the museum collection vault - including jewelry, paintings, drawings, glassware and objets d'art - to represent the greatest gems of Dalí's artistic career.
As a unique feature of this exhibition, celebrated friends of the Dalí Museum - including Alice Cooper, Jeff Koons, Susan Sarandon and John Waters - personally selected their favorite works from the exhibit. Their comments are included alongside those of the curator in our museum galleries.
Use our Facebook gallery to vote on your own favorite Dalí artwork, or cast a vote in person at the Dalí Museum. You may also email comments to mygem@thedali.org. Visitor comments and selections will be posted on the museum Web site.
Jewelry designed by Dalí in the 1940s and 1950s is a highlight of the Gems exhibition, along with Dalí's Alchemy of the Philosophers published in 1976 - an exceptional example of Dalí's ambitious book projects that houses ten original dry point etchings.
Other rare works on exhibit include commercially designed items bearing Dalí's iconic images, such as Venus de Milo with Drawers (1936/1964), Vermeil and gold Mollusk flatware (1957), and much more.
Dalí: Gems is sponsored by Franklin Templeton Investments. Additional support is provided by Chez Bryce, The Island Bistro, and Visit St. Petersburg/Clearwater.
