Dali Planet #169: Prague says no
In 2004 plans were announced for an ambitious Dali museum in Prague, which was to have perched on the embankment at the foot of Revolucni Street. On what would have been Dali’s 100th birthday, local art dealer Miro Smolak and American architect Daniel Libeskind of World Trade Center fame unveiled a proposal for a $25.7-million, seven-storey “Palace of Art Prague”.
The painting here is “Exploded Head” from 1982.
The Czech National Gallery bridled, since Dali had no connection to Prague and little influence on Czech art. Smolak pointed out, to no avail, that St Petersburg, Florida, had no Dali connection either but today hosts the world’s most comprehensive Dali collection.
