Walking along the cozy streets of the resort town of Northern Spain Figueras, with sunshine, the scents of goat cheese and pungent sangria, the breathtaking melodic homon of the motley crowd, you constantly feel the presence of the great hand of a master who once inspired in this fertile land..Thanks to Dali, this place has become world famous and became a place of pilgrimage of admirers of his creativity .Souvenir shops are hung with replicas of Dali's works, the extravagant style inherent in genius, red thread in the architecture of the Spanish city, emphasizing its unique color and originality .A magnet attracts the curious is the main attraction of Figueras - the Dali museum, which has long become a symbol of the city .
Everything that is connected with the world of surrealism, certainly promises to be exciting, erasing stereotypes and overturning all existing ideas about the habitual use of space, color and images in painting, architecture, design. And when it comes to Dali, this world grows to the size of the galactic. In his brainchild - the museum-theater - Salvador has invested all its boundlessly soaring beyond the reasonable soul, as well as considerable money.
Interiors
For 14 years, the construction of a stunning building filled with secrets, illusions and transformations was underway. Once in the building of the former dilapidated theater, instead of the expected 3 floors, you find yourself in a multi-level space, divided into 5 separate areas, this is a complex of three large expositions mystically connected with each other: the museum, the Galata Galata Tower and the exhibition center with jewels that were Created according to the sketches of Dali himself.
Sketches of the future museum the artist embodied under the influence of his muse, it was his wife Elena Dyakonova, whom he poetically called Gala. The theatrical history of the foundation of the museum was chosen not by chance, and the neighborhood with the church, in which the little Dali was baptized, fueled the genius, reminding him of childhood, closeness of the house, the beginning of paths and searches. Zero meridian, pristine purity, no doubt.
Museum Exposition
The dome of the museum is an independent architectural exhibit, a transparent sphere, a geodesic revelation of Dali, striking with the gigantic scope of the wings of his fancy bird, carefully guarding the masterpiece of the master "Naked Gala Looking at the Sea" from the scorching rays of the sun, a picture-illusion, a picture-riddle. If you move away from it at a distance of 20 meters, then in broken lines, zigzags, color spots in front of the amazed audience begins to emerge portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
A walk through the halls of the museum is a journey that begins in trial strokes of the first futuristic works of the artist and ends with confident, saturated smears of a great mature genius who has gone a long way. The maze of Dali's thought, encased in the walls of a colorful marzipan-inviting stone box, conceals a whole story with an exciting storyline, the randomness and unpredictability of what he has seen is also an elaborate illusion, subtly recreated by the artist.
Working hours and address is
Futuristic doors to the world of Salvador Dali are open from 1 November to 28 February from 10.30 to 18.00, starting from 1 March to 30 June from 9.30 to 18.00, the rest of the time from 9.00 to 20.00. The ticket price is 12 EUR, for a group of tourists, the number is more than 25 people, 8 EUR. The way to the museum looks much easier than its inner world.
It's easiest to get to the wonderful town of Figueres from Barcelona - about 1, 5 hours by train or car .Sitting in Barcelona is better at Paseo de Gracia station .In Figueres, from the station of arrival to the museum, you need to walk 15 minutes on foot, following numerous signs .Railway ticket is better to buy not one-time, but at least the name T-10, which gives the right to several trips .If you are staying in Costa Brava, you better take a suburban train to Massanet-Massanes station and change to a train that goes to the town of Portbow on the border with France..
Address of the museum: Gala-Salvador Dalí Square, 5.
| Entrance to the Dali Museum |
| Dali Museum |
| Glass Dome |
| Interior decoration |
| Galatea Tower |
Reviews of the Dali Theater Museum (3)
Journey to Surrealism July 14, 2014
Staying on vacation in the Costa Brava, I happened to go on an excursion to Figueres, where there is a museum and at the same time an artist's theater. Impressions received from what he saw were extremely positive. Here everything is extraordinary, interesting, ... Read the whole review
Mysterious Dali October 28, 2013
unusual museum October 11 2013
The museum is visible at once - a building of dark-brick color, decorated with bread and eggs. Originally, you can not argue. Entering the museum, all visitors are in a room with high ceilings, in the center is a Cadillac. In the next room hang ... Read the whole review