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DALI, in figures.
In this decade,
Dalí has been the protagonist in more than 15 splendid exhibitions
on three continents. His works have been displayed in places as far apart
as Mexico City, Montreal, Tokyo, Frankfurt, Bonn, London, Paris, New York,
Sao Paulo, Pekín, Shanghai and Santiago, Chile.
The works of this artistic genius have their main home in two foundations
dedicated exclusively to them: the Teatre-Museu Dalí in Spain,
and the Salvador Dalí Museum in Saint Petersburg, Florida, which
together contain the majority of his work. But his legacy is distributed
throughout the most outstanding modern art museums of the world, from
the Georges Pompidou and the Tate Gallery to the Ludwig in Cologne and
the MOMA in New York, by way of the Metropolitan, the Guggenheim and the
Yokohama Museum of Art.
The monographic publications now number more than 80, published in Paris,
Barcelona, Munich, London, Zurich, Tokyo, Cleveland, etc. "The outrageous
life of Salvador DalÌ", a biography written by the historian
Ian Gibson and published recently, is just one example of the interest
which DalÌ continues to arouse.
Dalí continues to be an artist of the present and disturbing.
Dalí has been a cover story for magazines, a star of radio and
TV, is continuously the subject of documentaries, was the motive for a
television series, etc.
He himself also developed an interest in literary activity. A total of
513 documents went from his pen to magazines, daily papers, catalogues,
etc.
Dalí’s attraction is irresistible. In 2003, 1.153.713 people
visited the Teatre-Museu in Figueres, his house at Port-Lligat and to
the Castell de Púbol, which he gave to Gala, both today converted
into museums.
It is beyond question that the Dalí phenomenon is of a scale which
is difficult to equal.
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