Salvador Dalí. Family Album

The exhibition proposes  an overview of Dalí's life through  photographs of his family, of his stay in Madrid, of his friendship with Buñuel and Lorca, of the Surrealist group, of the high society in Paris and New York, of his relations with cinema actors and directors, patrons of the arts, dancers, choreographers and bullfighters. It reveals, in short, a private Dalí and a public Dalía Dalí who liked to be seen as a complete and multi-facetted genius.

A few  years ago, nearly 8,000 photos of Salvador Dalí and his wife Gala were discovered at  the Portlligat house. Once  catalogued at the Dali Study Centre, the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation and  "la Caixa" Foundation organized the exhibition Salvador Dalí. Family Album which contained 77 of the hitherto unpublished photos, in addition to six pictorial works (on Freud, Crevel, Buñuel, Lorca and Puig Pujades), books, letters and manuscripts.

Commissioned by Fèlix Fanés and Montse Aguer, the exhibition was seen for the first time in the New Galleries of the Dalí Theatre-Museum of Figueres, from 1 December 1998 to 6 January 1999, from where it has toured to the following venues:

Tarragona: Sala Tarragona of the "la Caixa" Foundation
18 January - 21 February, 1999

Lleida: Cultural Centre of the "la Caixa" Foundation
16 March - 18 April, 1999

Salamanca: Casa Lys
27 April - 30 May, 1999

Granollers: Cultural Centre of the Fundació "la Caixa"
8 June - 4 July, 1999

Jerez: Sala Pescadería Vieja
16 September - 17 October, 1999

Cadaqués: Museu de Cadaqués
30 June - 1 November, 2000

Céret: Musée d'Art Moderne
19 November, 2000 - 26 February, 2001