Art
Five Centuries of Play Between Word and Image
Word and Image at the Dallas Museum of Art emphasizes just how varied the art and technology of print can be.
Salvador Dali
In Brief
Dalí Foundation Sues Yet Another Dalí Museum, and the Outcome Is Unpredictable
The Dalí Foundation has their sights on the Monterey museum devoted to the Spanish Surrealist and unlike the case in Spain, which the foundation lost, this may be different.
News
Two Dalí Paintings, Bought by a Countess in the 1930s, Finally Head to Auction
Dalí's Freudian delusions of love might make you feel better if you're having a lackluster Valentine's Day.
Art
Dalí and Duchamp’s Lasting Friendship, and the Art It Might’ve Inspired
For the first time, an exhibition explores these artists' friendship and the visual parallels within their distinct work.
In Brief
The Persistence of DNA: Test Shows Dalí Wasn't Tarot Card Reader's Father
The results of a paternity test carried out after the artist's remains were exhumed in July show that María Pilar Abel Martínez is not his daughter.
In Brief
Dalí's Mustache Discovered Intact After 28 Years
On Thursday night, Dalí's body was exhumed from his crypt in the Salvador Dalí Theater-Museum so that DNA could be collected to carry out a paternity test.
In Brief
In Surreal Twist, Court Orders Dalí’s Body Exhumed for Paternity Test
A judge in Madrid has ruled that the artist's body must be exhumed in order to carry out a paternity test.
Books
The Persistence of Hunger: Dalí's Dissatisfying Cookbook
Salvador Dalí's 1973 cookbook, now reprinted by Taschen, doesn’t seem to know what Surrealist cuisine is.
News
Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: Norwegian youths destroyed a stone-age engraving of a skier, Mary Boone sued an art adviser over allegedly ill-gotten KAWS works, and a Salvador Dalí sculpture was vandalized in Quebec City.
Art
The Curious Fates of Famous Artists’ Pets
There’s a whole history of woe for the pets of famous artists, especially when the creative types decided no ordinary cat or dog would do.
Art
Dalí’s Doppelgängers and Ghosts
Salvador Dalí was named after his brother, who died in infancy, before Dalí was born.
Art
At Spring Masters, a Glimpse of Precious Artworks Before They Change Hands
The Spring Masters fair preview welcomed its visitors with vases full of fresh magnolias, live classical music, and platters of champagne.