Salvador Dalí: Liquid Desire is the first comprehensive retrospective of the work of Salvador Dalí to be staged in Australia and comprises more than 200 works in all media — painting, drawing, watercolour, etchings, sculpture, fashion, jewellery, cinema and photography. It traces the genius of Dalí from his earliest years as an exceptionally talented 14-year-old, to the final majestic paintings created when the artist was in his 70s. A range of international and local speakers present a fascinating array of papers on this quintessential 20th century artistic genius.
Cost $90 Adult / $75 NGV Member / $80 Concession & Student (includes exhibition fee, morning & afternoon tea)
Venue Clemenger BBDO Auditorium, NGV International (enter North entrance, via the Arts Centre forecourt)
Event code P0958
Bookings
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Fax: 03 8662 1533
Post: NGV Program Bookings PO Box 7259 St Kilda Road VIC 8004, or
Ph: 03 8662 1555 10am–5pm daily
| From 8.45am | Registration & Exhibition Viewing |
| 10am | Welcome & Introduction to the Exhibition Dr Gerard Vaughan, Director, NGV |
| 10.20am | Keynote: Inner dialogues in late Dalí Elliott H King, art historian and Dalí specialist, Denver, Colorado, USA |
| 10.55am | Morning Tea (provided) |
| 11.25am | Dalí’s Expulsion from the Surrealist Group Montse Aguer Teixidor, Director, Centre for Dalínian Studies, The Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí Museum, Figueres |
| 12noon | Living Liquid Ladies: Dalí and the Dream of Venus Pavilion Dr Ted Gott, Senior Curator, International Art, NGV |
| 12.25pm | Lunch & Exhibition Viewing |
| 1.40pm | ‘I spy with my little eye’: Dali and the erotics of viewing in a machine age Sophie Matthiesson, Curator, International Art, NGV |
| 2.05pm | The Pelvic Rose: Surrealism in Australia Elena Taylor, Curator, Australian Art, NGV |
| 2.30pm | Dalí in Hollywood Laurie Benson, Curator, International Art, NGV |
| 2.55pm | Afternoon Tea (provided) |
| 3.25pm | 'Portrait of my Dead Brother’: the Enigma of Persona in Dalí and Warhol' Dr Vivien Gaston, Honorary Research Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne |
| 3.50pm | Speakers’ Forum |
| 4.20pm | Conclusion & Acknowledgements Frances Lindsay, Deputy Director, NGV |
All information is believed to be correct at time of publication.
Programs subject to change without notice.
Bookings recommended for all ticketed programs.
