Being modern
“Don’t bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.” Salvador Dali Outside Tate Modern, London, August 2020 It’s time for a […]
The vagaries of time
– Copyright Debbie Smyth, 3 December 2018Posted as part of #timesquare
Dalí on the streets of Barcelona
I found this in your face marketing a little creepy – perhaps because it reminded me of the cult Spanish tv show, La Casa de Papel (Money Heist […]
A Fine Moustache
There can’t be a more famous exuberant moustache, surely? Linked to Cee’s B&W Challenge. Copyright Debbie Smyth, 21 May 2015
Time Warp Dalí Style
This fantastic Dalíesque clock, inspired by his famous painting The Persistence of Memory ( La persistencia de la memoria), adorns a slightly wonky bench outside the Dalí Museum in St Petersburg, Florida. This is […]
Bill Sticking Prohibited
…but Dalí painting allowed This mural is by Grafiti Madrid, a Spanish design company that creates lettering, signage and murals for companies around Spain. Part of Monday Murals.
Don Quixote in Paris
This French version of Don Quijote, with a Dali illustration of the hero and his companion, takes pride of place in a Parisian bookshop. It grabbed my attention because of the […]
Time Warp, or the Persistence of Memory
The Dali Museum in St Petersburg, Florida, is my favourite museum find of the year, I think, and the melting clock garden bench is the perfect place to rest awhile. […]
H is for… Helix
Dali, the famous surrealist artist of the twentieth century, was also passionately interested in the world around him, including topics such as quantum physics, biology and mathematics. He was particularly […]
I Dillied and I Dali-ed in St Pete
Back in 1997, I was lucky enough to visit the Dali museum in Figueres in Spain. This Theatre-Museum was built upon the remains of the former Municipal Theatre of Figueres. The […]
Travel with Intent 