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The Thief Who Stole A Dali Then Sent It Back

A brazen art thief recently stole Cartel de Don Juan Tenorio by Salvador Dali, valued at over $150k, from the Venus Over Manhattan Gallery in New York by distracting the guard and walking out with the piece in broad daylight. Then he sent it back. The gallery put the word out about the thief, but didn’t expect to get the work back, until they received an anonymous email saying it had been sent back, and it was delivered to the gallery later that week via Express Mail. Why would someone do such a thing? Your guess is as good as mine…
LINK, Via: Neatorama

Dali Watch

Dali Watch:
Dali's moustache tells the time, and an ant ticks away the seconds
Quartz movement with batteries included
Leather strap with metal clasps
Fits most adult wrists
Comes in a collectible tin. LINK: Neatoshop

Sale Price: $33.95

Dali Wall Decals - Tall Tree with Leaves Blowing in the Wind Installation

This is an installation of one of our most popular trees! This installation took about an hour and a half to complete, but we got a little help towards the end. Having friends and family join in on installing the leaves is a lot of fun! Although this tree can be installed by a single person, we highly recommend having an installation assistant on hand. Enjoy! LINK: Youtube

The Tall Tree with Leaves Blowing in the Wind is available at...
http://www.dalidecals.com

Dali Clock 2.32

You may now run DaliClock on your iThing. LINK: Boingboing

A little something from Santa Sal

Salvador Dali gives a kid an apple in Paris, December 26, 1970.

Below, “Childhood Memories of Christmas”, with a detail beneath. LINK

Salvador Dali's "Christmas" Painting

"Our interpretation of the painting "Christmas" by Salvador Dali"
More to come on this post, but I wanted to post the early work on it right away while it was fresh in my mind, here is the original painting "Christmas" by Salvador Dali....The next post will be my Photoshopped version aka Gimp'ed version and a explaination of what I feel that, meaning the original painting, depicts. LINK: What's The Difference between a Duck

"My (Arbyns) Photoshopped version of Dali's "Christmas" painting..w/ commentary"

Our interpretation goes as such.....The split face represents the separation of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, when Eve was tempted by the evil serpent to eat from the tree of knowledge. OK that's the original. Now here is our interpretation of what it really meant, considering our Gimp'ed version.
First off you'll notice the The star of David in the top center, along with a group of Christmas trees. Moving down we find a semi-architectural shape that resembles a woman, "Mary" ? Now The 3 Wisemen, where are they? See the green ornament looking object in the center? There is also one right below it, and one half way between on the right. The Manger you ask ? It right between Mary's eyes below the top Wiseman. And if you look in the very lower left corner, you will see the Angel that impregnated Mary. Last but not least, looking in the lower right you will notice a 2 small objects, one blue and one pink, could these represent David and Mary ? Please critique our interpretation in the comments. LINK: What's The Difference between a Duck

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Best of Vinyl Records

Make a Dali-esque wall clock using a vinyl record. Link.

Even today vinyl records have a special place for those who like music. But with time they can get scratches and can also brake, then there isn't much one can do about it unless you are creative. Reshaping of vinyl is possibly one of the most amusing things, and creative designers have come up with lots of inventive ways to use these old vinyl records. LINK

Dali and Disney's DESTINO completed

In 1946 legendary surrealist Salvador Dali formed an unlikely friendship with Walt Disney, and they spent some time collaborating on a short film called Destino. Dali and Disney artist John Hench worked on a lot of storyboards, but only 18 seconds of test footage were shot before the project was abandoned.

In 1999, Disney's nephew Roy Edward Disney was working on Fantasia 2000 and he decided to complete the Destino project, over 50 years after production began. 25 Disney artists worked from the original storyboards (with some input from Hench himself, and notes from the journals of Dali's widow) and finally completed Destino using a mix of hand-drawn and computer animation. The 18 seconds of test footage were included, in the shots of the two weird, turtle-like creatures seen above. LINK

LINK: Youtube

I'm kind of amazed Disney's lawyers haven't yanked this clip down already, so see it while you can.

Star Wars/Dalí tattoo

Paul at Old School Tattoo in Bellingham, Washington inked this tattoo, adding a bit of Salvador Dalí's "Elephants" to a Star Wars AT-AT Walker. BMEzine.com has the wearer's story. Link

Star Wars/Dalí tattoo

Salvador Dali's rotary dial cosmetics compact

Up for auction on eBay is this fantastic cosmetics compact that Salvador Dali designed in 1935 for fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli. Over the years, Dali worked with Schiaparelli several times. From Dali Planet. LINK

SCHIAPARELLI DALI COMPACT POWDER BOX ROTARY PHONE DIAL.

Salvador Dali

Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquis of Púbol (May 11, 1904 -- January 23, 1989), was a Spanish surrealist painter born in Figueres, Catalonia.

Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best known work, "The Persistence of Memory", was completed in 1931.

Dalí was a versatile artist, not limiting himself only to painting in his artistic endeavors. Some of his more popular artistic works are sculptures and other objects. He is also noted for his contributions to theatre, fashion, and photography, among other areas. LINK: Youtube

Salvador Dali died 20 years ago (Jan. 23, 1989)

Salvador Dali

Statue of Salvador Dali at Cadaqués, Spain. LINK

Sidekick Arbyn------ Woman seeks DNA test of Salvador Dali

A woman claiming to be the illegitimate daughter of Salvador Dali has
initiated a legal battle to prove his paternity and will ask for his
body to be exhumed for DNA testing.
Via
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Dalí: Painting & Film

Salvador Dalí's interest in film that went far beyond his collaborations with Buñuel, like the famed "Un Chien Andalou." Dalí created wonderful storyboards and set designs for quite a few unrealized films, including a collaboration with the Marx Brothers! Here's a quote from a 1937 letter Dalí wrote to surrealist André Breton: "I’m in Hollywood, where I’ve made contact with the three American Surrealists, Harpo Marx, Disney and Cecil B. DeMille." Dalí created the dream sequence for Alfred Hitchock's Spellbound (1945). Apparently, a phantasmagoric ballroom scene was shot for this sequence but ended up on the cutting room floor. Dalí's artwork and notes for this part of the dream are quite remarkable. It's sad that the footage was lost.
Link to Spellbound clip, Link to Dalí: Painting & Film at the LACMA

Spellbound - The Dream (designed by Salvador Dali)



LINK: Youtube

ARTS + FEATURES, "Surreal thing"

Dali Cafe // 11 Spassky Pereulok. Tel: 572 6203 // www.dalicafe.spb.ru // Open 10 a.m. to 5 a.m. // Dinner for two 690 rubles ($29).

All the dishes at this swanky new cafй hidden on a scruffy side street off Sennaya Ploshchad purportedly share their names with the titles of works by the Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dali after whom, of course, the cafй is named.

This throws up some strange imagery, as you would expect: grilled marinated veal (380 rubles, $15.50) is called “Flesh on Stones”; fillet of flounder with pesto (420 rubles, $17) is called “The Endless Enigma”; and bouillon with quail’s eggs and herbs (90 rubles, $3.60) is called “Atavistic Vestiges After the Rain.”

Perhaps in an effort to avoid the obvious, the literate people behind Dali Cafй do not have a dish named after Dali’s most famous work, “The Persistence of Memory” (1931), easily recognizable for its motif of melting watches. Melting watches are also absent from the sumptuous interior of Dali Cafй, which occupies a mid-sized second floor room overlooking the street, and smaller room at the back.

A great deal of attention has been paid to the decoration of the cafй. There is a reference to Dali’s “Mae West Lips Sofa” in the vast crimson velvet banquettes at the far end of the room, while there are smartly upholstered Empire-style chairs at the other tables. The tables are huge, black and shiny, like grand pianos, while blood-red swag curtains are tied back with golden tasselled cords. There’s more than a hint of camp in this red, gold, and black scheme, which extends to walls that, in the front room, have been covered with an elaborate marble paint effect suggesting ruby crystals flecked with gold. In the back room, hidden by a heavy curtain, the same idea is repeated, this time with dark, brooding malachite and ebony tones. In this “dark room” there is a recently installed triptych by the up-and-coming young painter Ira Drozd. The large paintings show impressionistic scenes from what appears to be a gay pride parade. As it happens, Dali Cafй is listed on gay web sites and describes itself as “gay friendly.”

The dishes are not as flamboyantly constructed as their names might suggest, and the idea of “surreal food” is perhaps a step too far. But there is wit in the presentation. A duck and pasta dish called “Gala’s Eyes” — a reference to Dali’s Russian-born muse and wife Yelena Ivanovna Dyakonova, known in later life as Gala — comes as two mounds of white pasta (eyeballs?), meat in red sauce on one and cream sauce on the other (surreal irises?) and an olive on top (pupils?). The dish stares at you until you stab it with a fork. Thank goodness they don’t supply you with a razor. It would be “Un chien andalou” all over again.

The menu’s origins are difficult to pin down — French, Italian and Asian elements jostle for attention, with some Russian soups thrown in for good measure. Ukha (Russian fish soup for130 rubles, $5.30) is renamed “Battle in the Clouds” while borshch is transformed into “The King’s Heart” (100 rubles, $4). There is a satisfying range of salads with adventurous combinations of cold meats, salad vegetables and fruits like melon and strawberry with no mayonnaise in sight (from 120 rubles to 490 rubles, $4.90 to $20), and an unusual selection of “non-alcoholic cocktails.” These are actually a group of frappes, milkshakes, cordials and fruits that should be popular in summer and with after-club crowds (Dali Cafй is open until 5 a.m.).

Salvador Dali / Surrealism

A short tribute to great artist Salvador Dali.
Music by: Bernard Herrmann & Erik Satie/Aldo Ciccolini
Edited by Ric Warren. LINK

a gallery of salvador dali,toccata and fugue in d minor

There is a possibility that some of these may not be the work of Dali. LINK

Salvador Dali on "What's My Line?"

This ten minute clip is drawn from the famous 1950s game show, and it's quite surreal. I don't use the word surreal loosely: the special guest is Salvador Dali. LINK