Dali: Disruption + Devotion Panel Discussion
November 5 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Join us for a conversation celebrating the opening of Dalí: Disruption + Devotion, co-organized by The Dalí Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Featuring paintings, drawings and prints spanning nearly five centuries, the exhibition brings Dalí’s work into dialogue with the great European artists who came before him, including El Greco, Francisco Goya, Diego Velázquez and more.
Best known as a radical surrealist and provocateur, Dalí was also a devoted student of art history and religion. Throughout his career, he honored the traditions he inherited while reimagining and challenging them through his own distinctive vision.
Exhibition curators Frederick Ilchman and Jennifer Cohen join Peter Tush and moderator Dr. Kimberly Macuare to discuss how the exhibition came together, the ideas behind its pairings and what these connections across centuries reveal about Dalí’s enduring fascination with the traditions he sought to disrupt.
Location: The Dalí Museum’s Will Raymund Theater (registration required; seating first-come, first-served)
This event is free with limited capacity. An event ticket is required for entry.
Gallery access is not included.
Please note: This free lecture has limited seating and often sells out. Seating in the Will Raymund Theater is available on a first-come, first-served basis and a valid registration ticket—printed or on your phone—is required for entry.
Jennifer Cohen is Director of Curatorial Affairs at The Dalí Museum. She holds a PhD in Art History from the University of Chicago, and she was formerly Curator of Provenance and Research at the Art Institute of Chicago. Her exhibitions and publications have focused on Surrealism and its legacies. Some of her favorite projects include Salvador Dalí: The Image Disappears (2023) and c/o Tender Buttons (2021–22) at the Art Institute, and Robert Motherwell and Multiplicity (2023) at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT. Her research has been supported by the Mellon–Council for European Studies, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Dedalus Foundation. Her writing has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, the Journal of Surrealism and the Americas and numerous exhibition catalogs.
Dr. Kimberly Macuare, Director of Education and Co-Director of Innovation Labs at The Dalí, is an experienced educator, curriculum designer and facilitator. For over 20 years, she has designed world-class learning experiences—college courses, workshops, leadership retreats, team building sessions, and keynote presentations—and, most recently, has been responsible for the award-winning curriculum of creativity and innovation workshops and offerings at The Innovation Labs at The Dalí. In her role at The Dalí, she has helped a wide range of organizations build their innovation capacities by developing creativity-focused mindsets and learning key creative problem-solving skills. In addition to supporting external clients, she also takes an active role in innovative projects and initiatives across The Dalí Museum organization and teaches a creativity course in the Muma College of Business at the University of South Florida. Kim holds a BA in English from the University of Cincinnati, an MA in English from The Ohio State University and a PhD in English with a specialization in medieval literature and economics from The Ohio State University.
Peter Tush is the Curator and Senior Interpreter at The Dalí Museum. For more than two decades, Tush has been a leading interpreter of The Dalí collection and special exhibitions. He develops exhibitions, trains docents and writes audio tours and gallery texts. He is the curator of Dali in America and co-curator of The Architecture of the Dali.
