As usual, the Dali has come up with mindtickling
and fun events associated with the
new exhibit.
Jan. 12, 2 p.m. Midnight in Paris:
Discussion with curators Didier Ottinger,
Deputy Director of the National Museum
of Modern Art Centre Pompidou joins Dr.
Exhibits at the Dalí to delve into this pivotal
period for the Surrealist movement in Paris.
Jan. 23, 5 p.m. Midnight in Paris Under
the Stars: Bring a blanket and sit under
the stars in the Museum’s Avant-Garden to
enjoy a special screening of Woody Allen’s
“Midnight in Paris” (2011, 94 min., PG-13).
Cash bar.
Game Night: Keep St. Pete Lit sponsors
an evening of collaborative games
using art, poetry and literature to
explore the unconscious as a source of
inspiration. Tickets: $5 members, $10 nonmembers.
Cash bar.
Feb. 27, 6 p.m. Surrealist Film Night at
The Dalí : Join Curator of Education Peter
Tush for a double feature of Surrealism’s
and the Clergyman (1928, 44 min.) and
Andalusian Dog (1929, 20 min.) will be
shown after a brief introduction. Q&A will
follow the presentation.
Cabaret: Immerse yourself in the Parisian
nightlife of 1929, with costumes, cocktails,
cabaret and more. Tickets: $65 members,
$75 non-members.
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recognized for his controversial art
and bizarre personality. (Ultimately,
Breton’s Surrealists expelled Dali for
his fascist sympathies.)
Be sure to sit in the mini-theater and
absorb the locally produced 35-minute
Breton and the Muse that takes
place at St. Pete’s popular French
restaurant Cassis. It’s a conversation
between Salvador Dalí’s wife and
muse, Gala Dalí, and the founder of
Surrealism, André Breton, debating
the nature and needs of art and artists,
freedom and control. The original
screenplay was written by local talent
Roxanne Fay, and stars Fay, alongside
Ned Averill-Snell and Alan Mohney Jr.
Midnight in Paris serves to reveal the
provocative conversations, dreams
and friendships among a deeply
artists who called Paris their creative
home. It’s worthy of time – and
conversation.
ARTS & CULTURE
The Woody Allen movie “Midnight in Paris”
(2011) will be screened Jan. 23./Sony Pictures
Classics
Invisible Sleeping Woman, Horses, Lion by Salvador Dali (1930) courtesy
Centre Pompidou, Paris
PHOTO/MARCIA BIGGS
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