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Persistence of Memory Ranks #2 Among Google Images Famous Paintings Results
Excerpted from PRWeb.com, 7/5/2011
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new art/music video, Top 10 Most Famous Paintings in the World, now viewable on Art Collectors Website at http://www.artcollectorswebsite.com, presents the ten most famous painting in the art world, based on Google Images search results analysis.
Only da Vincis Mona Lisa gets downloaded more often than The Persistence of Memory...
Spellbinding Dali Singapore Exhibit
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Dali as High Art
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To include the greatest number of paintings possible in the search, the list draws from Google Images 10 largest art categories within painting genres that reflect the Most Famous Paintings in the Art World. Paintings were added to the rankings by highest position(s) achieved in all 10 categories, and then placed on the list according to the greatest number of times each painting was ranked in all 10 categories. Approximately 10,000 paintings were involved in this project. Leonardo daVincis Mona Lisa topped the list, followed by Salvador Dalis The Persistence of Memory. Rounding out the top 10 were: Isises by Vincent Van Gogh; Sexual Explosion by Jim Warren; The Kiss by Gustav Klimt; The Dream by Pablo Picasso; Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh; The Scream by Edvard Munch; Starry Night Over the Rhone by Vincent Van Gogh; and Luncheon at the Boating Party by August-Pierre Renoir.
Dali on YouTube
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Events & Exhibitions
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DALI SIGHTINGS:
St. Regis King Cole Bartender Remembers Dalis Ocelot
Excerpted from New York Magazine online, 7/14/2011, by Tory Hoen
ast night, the St. Regis Hotel looked a lot like it did back in the hotels golden era when Salvador Dalis ocelot roamed the corridors and the hotels famed King Cole Bar. To celebrate the launch of Thornwillow Libretto -an ongoing literary series that includes ruminations, rants, reminiscences, and more from some of todays top literary talents -- guests sipped vintage cocktails, literary quotes were painted onto women in backless dresses, an homage to Salvador Dal, who inhabited the hotel in the fifties. Bartender Louis Rodopoulos has worked at the St. Regis since 1955. We couldnt resist the chance to ask Rodopoulos about Salvador Dal -- and the ocelot. Did you ever encounter Salvador Dals ocelot? Oh yes, yes. Was it on a leash? Sometimes he had it on the leash. I seen him a few times walking on the second floor, going to the side room -- it was not on the leash! The ocelot knew the place. As soon as it got out of the elevator, it was walking in front of him and going to the side room. Isnt that dangerous?
Not really. As far as I know, when I was working in the King Cole Bar, Dal would come in almost every Sunday with the ocelot, and he puts it on the armchair. There were two armchairs and he would sit in the other one and have his lunch. Sometimes he was feeding the ocelot something.
Dali Doodles Down the Drain
Excerpted from The New York Post online, 8/25/2011
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e Cirque director of operations Marco Maccioni still muses about his Salvador Dali art lost in the wash. Maccioni recalls that in the late 70s, Dali would draw on Le Cirques linens at the restaurants original Mayfair Hotel location.
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When moving to the New York Palace in 1997, managers instructed their chief steward to fetch the half dozen tablecloths Dali had doodled on from the wine cellar -- only to realize the steward had found the linens years before and washed them clean. Maccioni told a group of diners at LES Cirque, a pop-up version of the East 58th Street eatery atop The Hotel on Rivington, He didnt realize the scribbles were Dalis. He felt terrible.
Dali Photograph Exceeds All Expectations at Auction
Dali and His Muse Gala by Marc Lacroix Sold at a recent ArtNet auction for $6,053 -- 400% above its low estimate.
Dali Singapore Exhibit Is Spellbinding
al: Mind Of A Genius has been delighting visitors to the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore where it will continue its run until October 30. The exhibition showcases pieces from The Stratton Foundation and focuses on Dalis sculptures, lithographs, decorative art, furniture and jewellery. More than 250 pieces are on display, grouped under three themes: Femininity & Sensuality, Religion & Mythology, and Dreams & Fantasy. Dal enthusiasts have been further thrilled to personally see Spellbound, a massive 11m x 5m painting that is the result of a collaboration between Dali and Hollywood auteur Alfred Hitchcock. The painting appeared in Hitchcocks film of the same name, one of the very first films to deal with Freudian psychoanalysis. Dal, the undisputed master of Surrealism, created a film sequence which vividly captured the illusory nature of the subconscious state, where reality becomes embellished with suppressed thoughts and the hidden workings of the mind. The painting was used as the background to the filming of the Spellbound dream sequence.
Men have attempted to interpret dreams, and even to guide them, but never yet have men attempted to use sleep to guide and to control artistic creation which is to be executed in a waking state.
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Spellbound, tempra and oil on canvas
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Dali Takes Flight as High Art...
Painting meets aerial ballet in a suspenseful modern circus show
agical. Awe-inspiring. Beautiful. Those were some of the comments overheard after Pendulum Aerial Arts performances of High Art, a personal odyssey inspired by great works of art -told through dancers in mid-air. Pendulum has wowed audiences since 2000 with its unique combination of dance, aerial and contemporary circus. High Art is now touring through 2013. Pendulum has become renowned for its artistry, visual excitement and mastery of multi-disciplinary arts. Imagine the flexibility of a contortionist with the fearlessness of a trapeze artist. Throw in the grace of a dancer and the athleticism of a gymnast and you begin to picture the ten dancers who make up the cast of High Art. High Art takes its name from the eight masterpiece paintings that inspired it, including Gustav Klimts The Kiss, Pablo Picassos Girl Before a Mirror, and Salvador Dalis Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of a New Man.
Solo Hammock inspired by Dali painting...
Pendulum founder and Artistic Director Suzanne Kenney says that these artworks were chosen because they best represented what I wanted to express about our journey through the different stages of life. Often occurring simultaneously in the air and on the ground, the show is a feast for the senses. Stunning costumes provide a visual delight in and of themselves, wearable art that relates to the painting that inspired them.
...Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of a New Man, 1943
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Pendulum also commissioned original music to complement High Arts visual beauty. Talented musicians tour with Pendulums ten dancers, or the troupe can use taped accompaniment during the 90-minute performances. Kenney promises that All of your senses will be energized while watching High Art and you will come out of the theater feeling more alive. Theres so much darkness in the world, Kenney says, that I want to take you away from the day and immerse you in something opulent and uplifting.
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Dali on YouTube ...Dali Does Chocolate
From 1968, Lanvin Chocolate ad. All the more enjoyable if you happen to speak French.
Click link below & enjoy. Or copy/paste it into your browsers URL address line... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK4Bh_arF-E&feature=player_embedded
...Dali Interview -- another YouTube gem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WixEvXAkrZo&feature=youtu.be
Dali & Surrealists Armenian Exhibit Update
Excerpted from PanArmenian.net, 8/4/2011 ore than 5000 people visited the Salvador Dali and the Surrealists exhibit at the National Gallery of Armenia during its first 20 days. The exhibit has proved to be a success with both local and foreign visitors, young people making up the majority of them, National Gallery of Armenia press service reported. The exhibit of printed drawings opened at the gallery on July 7 and continues its run through October 15. It features 160 works and is devoted to world-known masters of surrealism: Salvador Dali, Hans Bellmer, Leonor Fini, Giorgio de Chirico. Among other works, the exhibit highlights xylographs of abstractionism founder Wassily Kandinsky, courtesy of Christine Argillet Gallery, L.A. Works of Armenian artists, influenced by surrealism, including those by Kochar, Hakobyan, Tutunjyan, Khachatryan, Parajanov are also presented.
That England, which has had sublime writers, has never given birth to a single great painter is known and recognized by all the world.
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Dali Puts Barcelona Spain on Top 10 Museum Cities List
A recent CheapFlights.com list of the top 10 Museum Cities ranks Barcelona, Spain in the #3 slot -- including a special mention of the Salvador Dali Museum nearby. ...the Dali Museum in Figueres is worth the 90-minute car ride from Barcelona. The museum houses one of the largest collections of surrealist painter Salvador Dalis work - and is a work of art itself.
EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS
Vancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby St., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6Z 2H7 The Colour of My Dreams: The Surrealist Revolution in Art
Through October 2, 2011 The most comprehensive Surrealism exhibition ever mounted in Canada. The exhibition has 350 works from 60 of the worlds leading private and public institutions, such as the Guggenheim, Museo Nacional Centro de Art Reina Sofia and the Centre Georges Pompidou. The exhibition includes signature works such as Salvador Dalis Surrealist object Lobster Telephone, Max Ernsts painting The Forest, Man Rays film Emak-Bakia, Alberto Giacomettis sculpture Spoon Woman and Joan Mirs painting Photo: This is the Colour of My Dreams. Phone 604-662-4719 or find additional info online at: http://vanartgallery.bc.ca/the_exhibitions/exhibit_surrealist_revolution_in_art.html
Gallery of Modern Art
Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Surrealism: The Poetry of Dreams -- Through October 2, 2011 The exhibition presents a historical overview of Surrealism, charting its evolution from Dada experiments in painting, photography and film, through the metaphysical questioning and exploration of the subconscious. On loan from the Centre Pompidou in Paris, it features more than 180 paintings, sculptures, photographs, works on paper and films by more than 56 artists, dating from 1913 through late 1970s. As well as Dali and Magritte it includes works by Max Ernst and Joan Miro and represents the first major exhibition of Surrealist art in Australia since 1993. Phone + 61 (0)7 3840 7303 or find additional info online at: http://qag.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/coming_soon/surrealism_the_poetry_of_dreams
Kunsthalle Wien
Museumsplatz 1, A-1070 Vienna, Austria I Am Surrealism -- Through October 23, 2011
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Salvador Dal in a contemporary context. A total of 70 original works by Dal, placed opposite internationally established works (paintings, installations, videos, etc.) by artists Louise Bourgeois, Glenn Brown, Markus Schinwald and Francesco Vezzoli. The exhibition aims to draw fresh attention to Dals innovative impulses and the visionary, often edgy aspects of his creations, viewed by some as provocative and controversial. Mainly works on paper, but also ten paintings, including The Colossus of Rhodes from 1954. Additional info http://www.kunsthallewien.at/en/ or phone +43-1-521 89-33.
The National Gallery of Armenia
Republic Square, Yerevan, Armenia Dali & the Surrealists - The Argillet Collection
Through October 15, 2011 Dalis publisher, Pierre Argillet (1910-2001), enjoyed a collaboration and friendship with the artist that spanned five decades. Assembled and presented by Argillets daughter Christine, this exhibition offers works from Dalis Suites, including Mythologie, Les Hippies, Goethes Faust, and the incomparable Poemes Secrets dAppollinaire. Madame Argillet has also graciously included many rare titles as well as the magnificent Aubusson Tapestries created during the period 1930 to the late 1960s. Part of this collection is Femmes dans les Vagues (1972), a hand-woven Aubusson that leaves one breathless. Additional info http://www.gallery.am/ or phone: (+374 10) 580812, 582161.
ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands
10 Bayfront Ave., Singapore, Malaysia 018956 Dali: Mind of A Genius -- Through October 30, 2011
Enter the surreal mind of Dal and explore more than 250 works highlighting his creativity across different media, including bronze sculptures, graphics, furniture, jewelry and crystal pieces in three themed areas -- Femininity & Sensuality, Religion & Mythology, Dreams & Fantasy. Featured are Dance of Time I (Dals famous representation of melted clocks), Woman Aflame (sculpture uniting two Dal obsessions - drawers and fire), Spellbound (a huge painting featured in Hitchcocks movie) and Mae West Lips Sofa (inspired by the actresss sensual lips). Phone +65 6688 8826 or find additional info online at: http://www.marinabaysands.com/Singapore-Entertainment/Activities/Art-Science-Museum/Whats-On/
The San Diego Museum of Art
1450 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, California 92101 From El Greco to Dal: The Great Spanish Masters
July 9 - November 6, 2011 Five centuries of Spanish art from various movements offers a fascinating aesthetic journey, displaying the continuities and breaks with tradition that have marked Spanish art. The works of El Greco, Jos deRibera and Bartolom Esteban Murillo, take the visitor to the heart of Catholic Reformation art. Goya and Sanchez Coello counter religious art with portraits of Spanish Monarchs. Works by Joaquin Sorolla highlight national identity characteristic of 19th century Spanish art. The exhibition finishes with a dialogue between Cubism and Surrealism by the Spanish masters who revolutionized western art: Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, and Salvador Dal. Additional info http://www.sdmart.org/art/exhibit/el-greco-to-dali or phone (619) 232-7931.
The museum should not be considered as a museum, it is a gigantic surrealist object, everything in it is coherent, there is nothing which escapes the net of my understanding.
Pbol House-Museum Gala Dal Castle
Gala Dal Square, E-17120 Pbol-la Pera, Spain Dali by Halsman -- Through December 31, 2011
2011 marks the seventieth anniversary of Dali and Halsmans first encounter in the United States in 1941. The exhibit is comprised of 88 photographs of Dal taken by Philippe Halsman (plus a gouache by Dal painted on a photograph), in all of which Dals involvement was both physical and conceptual. The pictures in this exhibition were kept by Dal throughout his life. They are reminiscences of his collaboration over 37 years with another alchemist of the creative process. Phone 34 972 488 655 or find additional info online at: http://www.salvador-dali.org/en_noticies.html?ID=138&CATEGORY2=29
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Dali works on paper continue to reach or outperform their high estimate ranges at the major auction houses...
Diez de espadas (pictured above left) Gouache, collage and pencil on paper, signed Estimate: $16,200 - $24,300 Sold: $22,270 at Christies London June 24, 2011 Ambiguedad (pictured above right) Pencil on card, signed, 1972 Estimate: $8,098 - $11,340 Sold: $10,120 at Christies London June 24, 2011
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