Dali: Seen Through Glass
June 24, 2009 – November 6, 2009
Salvador Dalí produced glass sculptures called pâte de verre from 1968 to 1984 for the Daum Crystal company in France. This exhibit features a selection of ten sculptures from our collection.
Dalí in AUSTRALIA / Salvador Dalí: Liquid Desire
June 13, 2009 – October 4, 2009
A full retrospective, this exhibition comprises more than 200 works in all media, tracing the genius of Dalí from his earliest years as a 14-year-old Impressionist painter, to the final paintings.
The Hillsborough Student Surrealist Art Exhibit
February 20, 2009 – March 22, 2009
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.
Myth in Dalí’s Art
October 3, 2008 – February 15, 2009
Seeing how Freud drew on his knowledge of classical mythology in his psychoanalytic theories, Dalí constructed his own artistic identity by employing his understanding of these myths and symbols in his art and writing.
Wilfredo Lam in North America
October 3, 2008 – January 11, 2009
Lam contributed a non-European Afro-Cuban voice to Western art, synthesizing Cubism, Surrealism, “primitivism,” Négritude, Afro-Cuban history, and the African-derived Santeria religion.