DMA Members are invited to join Dr. Nicole R. Myers, The Barbara Thomas Lemmon Senior Curator of European Art, and Chasitie Brown, former Dedo and Barron Kidd McDermott Graduate Intern for European Art and curator of the installation, for a virtual discussion on Dalí's Divine Comedy.
Known for his imaginative dreamscapes filled with irrational juxtapositions and erotic subjects, Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí’s (1904–1989) reputation as an illustrator is a story that often goes untold. This exhibition showcases Dalí’s most ambitious illustrated series: his colored wood engravings of the Divine Comedy, an epic poem by the medieval Florentine writer Dante Alighieri (1265–1321). Written in 1320, this timeless text recounts Dante’s journey through the Christian otherworldly realms: Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise.
On view until May 16, Dalí’s Divine Comedy displays selected prints from this series that highlight the artist’s distinctive Surrealist interpretation of each realm and how his images interact with Dante’s text.
Please contact the Membership team at members@DMA.org to register for this event.
Image: Salvador Dalí, Hell: The Men Who Devour Each Other (Canto 30), about 1960, woodcut, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Lois and Howard B. Wolf, 1996.219.30. © 2020 Salvador Dalí, Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Copyright protected images are being provided in reference to the Dallas Museum of Art exhibition, Dali’s Divine Comedy, only (August 14, 2020 to May 16, 2021)