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  • Presentation of the latest acquisition of Salvador Dalí work

    Figueres, 11 April 2011

    On 11th april at eleven o’clock  in the Loggias Room at the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres, the Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí presented its latest acquisition of work by the artist, an oil-on-wood painting entitled Study for “Honey is Sweeter than Blood”. The presentation was given by Antoni Pitxot, Director of the Dalí Theatre-Museum, and Montse Aguer, Director of...

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  • Inauguration of the exhibition Dalí by Halsman

    Púbol, 19 march 2011

    On 19 march the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation inaugurated Dalí by Halsman, this year's temporary exhibition at the Castell Gala Dalí in Púbol. The opening ceremony was presented by Mr. Joan Pluma, General Director of Cultural Heritage of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Ramon Boixadós, Chairman of the Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Antoni Pitxot, Director of the Dalí Theatre-Museum and...

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  • Acquisition of a Salvador Dalí work

    Figueres, 11 February 2011

    The Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí is pleased to announce that it has acquired the work by Salvador Dalí: Étude pour ‘Le miel est plus douce que la sang’, at the auction which took place at Christie’s London, on February, 9th, 2011 at 10pm, for a final price of   £4,073,250.  

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  • More visitors to the Dalí Museums

    Figueres, 12 january 2011

    On 12 January 2011 the Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí reported that in 2010 the Dalí museums had received a total of 1,330,525 visitors, a figure that was 8.16% higher than for 2009. Broken down by museums, the visitor figures were: Dalí Theatre-Museum: 881,405 visitors, up by 5.16%;  Dalí·Jewels gallery: 236,816 visitors, up by...

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  • Inauguration of the new Dalí Museum in Florida

    Saint Petersburg, 11 january 2011

    The new Dalí Museum in Florida was inaugurated on 11 January 2011 at eleven minutes past eleven in the morning.     Princess Cristina de Borbón took part in the inaugural ceremony for the new museum, as did the Managing Director of the Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Joan Manuel Sevillano, the Foundation's General Secretary Lluís Peñuelas and various...

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  • Dalí + Disney = Destino

    Figueres, 5 November 2010

    The Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres has been the setting for the worldwide presentation of the Disney films Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 in Blu-ray, which will be available for the first time on 9 February 2011. Moreover, Destino has been screened; a film produced in year 2003 after the Salvador Dalí designs commissioned in 1946 by Walt Disney. With the occasion of this worldwide presentation,...

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  • Special Night Opening

    Figueres, 10 septembre 2010

    The Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres celebrates this year too the Special Night Opening on 10 September from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Last entrance is at 00:30 depending on attendance. It is a celebration in which museums and other cultural equipments open for free, the night before the national festival of Catalonia. This year a new attraction can be admired, the painting The Figueres Fair that...

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  • The Dalí Foundation bought the painting The Figueres Fair

    Figueres, 27 August 2010

    The Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí has presented its latest acquisition of work by the artist: a tempera painting on cardboard entitled The Figueres Fair. The work had already been seen at the Dalí Theatre-Museum, on temporary loan since 1992, and has now been acquired from its owner. The painting has just arrived from Paris, where it had been a main attraction of the Dreamlands exhibition held...

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  • Temporary loan of \\\\\\\"The tigers\\\\\\\" from the Thyssen museum

    Figueres, 8 February 2010

    The work Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pommegranate One Minute Before Awakening (1944), also known as "The Tigers", coming from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (Madrid) was exhibited from 9th February until 2nd May, at the Drawings Room (number 6) of the Dalí Theatre-Museum, in Figueres.

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  • More visitors to the Dalí museums

    Figueres, 23 July 2010

    La Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí informed today that this year down to 21 July the Dalí museums have received a total of 665,745 visitors, which means a growth of 5.13% compared to the same period last year. By museums: Dalí Theatre-Museum: 461,603 visitors, a growth of 2.63% Dalí•Jewels Gallery: 99,306 visitors, 14.39% more than last year. Gala...

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