1904–1989

Salvador Dalí

Surrealist whose meticulously rendered dreamscapes and 'paranoiac-critical' method made him the most public face of the movement.

News: Michael Ward Stout, Lawyer Who Ran Mapplethorpe’s Foundation, Has Died (New York Times, November 8, 2026). He became immersed in the art world through Salvador Dalí and worked with several artists’ foundations and estates. He was 83.

News: A Guide to U.S. Museum and Gallery Openings This Fall (New York Times, October 30, 2026). On display are Yoshitomo Nara’s alluring childlike figures in New York, works by Salvador Dalí alongside his predecessors’ in Florida and Raven Halfmoon’s towering sculptures in Oklahoma.