Rome, at the Historical Museum of the Infantry an exhibition on Salvador Dali

From Jan. 25 to July 27, 2025, the Museo Storico della Fanteria in Rome is hosting the exhibition Salvador Dalí, Between Art and Myth, curated by Vincenzo Sanfo with the support of an international committee, organized by Navigare in partnership with Difesa Servizi, under the patronage of the Lazio Region, Roma Capitale - Assessorato alla Cultura Italia and Oficina Cultural de la Embajada de España.

On display are some eighty works, some of them visible for the first time in Rome, and from private collections in Belgium and Italy. Drawings, sculptures, ceramics, perfume bottles, engravings, lithographs, documents, books and photographs lead the public into the universe of Salvador Dalí, but works by other authors are also on display, from drawings by García Lorca to paintings by Miró, who shared with Dalí the idea of an art with a dreamlike and surreal character.

“This is an anthological exhibition, guiding the viewer on a journey through the many forms of expression of Salvador Dalí, who, it is worth remembering, was not only a painter, but also a sculptor, set designer, dealt with fashion and, last but not least, was a marketing genius,” explains curator Vincenzo Sanfo. “For example, he invented the Chupa chups logo, which is famous and well recognizable even today, and he designed the cover of famous records such as Jackie Gleason’s, but also bottles for perfumes of important brands, such as Schiapparelli, which are real glass sculptures, some even with a real gold cap, and bottles for liquors, such as the three for Rosso Antico. Finally, he made beautiful jewelry, including the Gala cross, made for his wife. All this makes this exhibition very cross-cultural, and of great interest not only to fans of art, but also of fashion, marketing and the ’Dalí character.’”

At the beginning of the exhibition, little-known drawings that García Lorca made between the 1920s and 1930s, in which it is possible to glimpse an embryonic form of surrealism, which inspired Dalí. Also among the works on display is Dalí’s series of illustrations of the Divine Comedy. The artist had made them on commission from the Italian state-a commission that generated discontent, however, as many felt it was better to entrust the illustrations to an Italian artist, and so Dalí had his commission revoked. At that point, drawings and sketches were purchased by a French company, which had seen enormous artistic potential in them, and made them known worldwide.

“With this valuable exhibition, we are continuing our project of enhancing military museums, thanks to the partnership between Navigare and Difesa Servizi, an in-house company of the Ministry of Defense,” comments Salvatore Lacagnina, Head of Navigare. “With this initiative, we bring visitors inside museums that are usually closed to the public.”

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Rome, at the Historical Museum of the Infantry an exhibition on Salvador Dali

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