On Saturday May 18th starting at 7.15 p.m. - European museums night - online booking mandatory.
Online booking strongly recommended on weekends and public holidays. Please note that the Bassins are cold so bring something to cover up.
So, was Dalí a religious painter? Yes, he was. As of the 1940s, he painted hundreds of Christs, Madonnas, saints, and angels in his canvases. However, this religious work has remained largely unknown. In the collective imagination the Spanish painter is associated with his soft watches and newsworthy antics or countless commercial collaborations earned him the mocking nickmane of Avida Dollars given by André Breton - an anagram formed from the letters of his name. With his gift for repartee, Dalí said: ‘Since he has called me Avida Dollars, gold has begun to rain down on my head, like a divine, monotonous diarrhoea’.
Salvador Dalí, Pietà, 1958, oil on canvas, 115 x 123 cm, Collection Pérez Simón, Mexique; © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, ADAGP 2023 – Photo © Christie’s Images/Bridgeman Images
The application, available free of charge on iOS and Android, gives commentaries on the works of our current exhibitions. Discover through original anecdotes 30 major works of the exhibition "Dalí, the Endless Enigma".
Discover also the exhibitions "Chagall, Paris – New York" in the Atelier des Lumières (Paris) et au Hall des Lumières (New York), "From Vermeer to Van Gogh, the Dutch Masters" in Carrières des Lumières (Les Baux-de-Provence) and "Klimt, Gold in Motion" in Phoenix des Lumières (Dortmund).
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