The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, opens Disruption + Devotion on November 7, placing Salvador Dalí’s work alongside earlier European painters. Loans from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, span five centuries. Six thematic sections explore his returns to portraiture, religious imagery and still life, complemented by rarely displayed prints from the permanent collection.
The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, opens Dalí: Disruption + Devotion on November 7. The exhibition places Dalí’s work alongside earlier painters.[1], [2]
Co-organised with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, it includes loans spanning five centuries. El Greco, Diego Velázquez, Luis Meléndez and Francisco Goya are among the predecessors whose works appear. The exhibition continues until April 18, 2027.[1]
The museum traces Dalí’s repeated use of classical compositions, religious images, portraits and still life. Six thematic sections cover fantasy and nightmare, the Old Masters, Velázquez and portraiture, still life, religious subjects and time. Visitors can answer questions on their phones, with responses projected onto a gallery wall.[1]
A rotation of the permanent collection includes works unseen for nearly two decades. Biblia Sacra dates from 1967–69. Changes in Great Masterpieces, from 1974, reworks paintings by Raphael, Vermeer, Rembrandt and Velázquez in six lithographs. Selections from Les Caprices de Goya de Salvador Dalí date from 1977. A catalogue edited by Frederick Ilchman and Jennifer Cohen includes an interview with Jeff Koons about Dalí’s influence.[1]
