Member Preview – The Shape of Dreams
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November 21, 2022 @ 10:00am – 4:30pm
Museum members are invited to preview the special exhibition The Shape of Dreams prior to the exhibit opening to the public. Please enjoy a members-only first look in the Hough Gallery on the Museum’s third floor.
Member Preview Days:
Monday, November 21 (10am – 6pm; last reservation at 4:30pm)
Tuesday, November 22 (10am – 6pm; last reservation at 4:30pm)
Wednesday, November 23 (10am – 6pm; last reservation at 4:30pm)
Members are required to RSVP through the link below. Time slots are limited.
Previews are exclusively for Museum members. Not yet a member? Join today.
About the Exhibition
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.
The exhibition features a selection of art on loan from American institutions, including the National Gallery of Art, Detroit Institute of Arts, The New Orleans Museum of Art, Saint Louis Art Museum, Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Chicago Art Institute and Metropolitan Museum of Art. Several works from The Dalí’s permanent collection are placed in dialog with these works.
Drawing on the irony that dreams are an intense visual sensation most often taking place when the eyes are closed, the exhibition inspires questions about the very nature of reality and encourages viewers to examine dreams through different lenses — psychological, religious and metaphysical. Works by Paul Delvaux, Pat Steir, Philip Guston, Max Beckmann, Lodovico Carracci and Odilon Redon, many of which are monumental canvases, address manners of representation and consider how the waking world influences the dream. The exhibition seeks to understand how these artistic expressions shape our imaginations.
The exhibition is organized by The Dalí, the exhibition is curated by Dr. Hank Hine, Executive Director of The Dalí.
