Homage to Dante: Salvador Dalí’s Illustrations for the Divine Comedy

Artists: Salvador Dalí

Exhibition dates: April 8, 2022 – May 28, 2022, September 22, 2022- January 15, 2023, March 11, 2023 – July 29, 2023

Museums: Lake County Museum of Art, El Paso Museum of Art, El Museo Latino

Locations: Tavares, FL, El Paso, TX, Omaha, NE

The traveling museum exhibition “Homage to Dante: Salvador Dalí’s Illustrations for the Divine Comedy” appeared for a limited engagement at the Lake County Museum of Art in Tavares, Florida from April 8, 2022 – May 28, 2022, and at the El Paso Museum of Art in in El Paso, Texas, from September 22, 2022- January 15, 2023.

This exhibition commemorates the 700th anniversary of the death of the famed writer Dante Alighieri.

“Homage to Dante: Salvador Dali’s Illustrations for the Divine Comedy” presents one of Salvador Dalí’s most celebrated portfolios, his book illustrations for Dante’s “The Divine Comedy” (c. 1308-20). Between 1951 and 1960, Dalí created 100 watercolors to accompany a special edition of Dante’s epic poem. The wood engravings that appear in the portfolio, published in 1960, are based on those original watercolors.

The exhibition was curated by David S. Rubin. “Homage to Dante: Salvador Dalí’s Illustrations for the Divine Comedy” is sponsored by the Park West Foundation and features art on loan from Park West Museum.