The new Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida has now been
open for over two-years. The much-anticipated
fantastical $36 million, 66,450 square foot museum doubled the
capacity of the previous 1982 building that I had the opportunity to
visit in
February 2009.
The original museum had opened in a renovated marine
warehouse March 7, 1982. According to a number of media accounts, the new
museum – which is the home of 2,140 pieces of Salvador Dali’s art, including 96
oil paintings and eight huge master works - opened on the auspicious date of
January 11, 2011 (1/11/11) at 11:11 a.m.
The museum in downtown St. Petersburg houses one of the most
extensive collections of the art of Salvador Dali in the world. It began in
Cleveland, OH, in 1942 where collecting Dali’s art was the lifelong passion of
industrialist A. Reynolds Morse, and his wife Eleanor Reese Morse.
[...]
As you approach
the
HOK-designed museum, you are immediately impressed with the enormity of
what appears at first glance to be a huge introverted enigmatic cubist-snail on
steroids. The internationally recognized architect Yann Weymouth led the design
team.
The museum structure is a magnificent adaption to a site
with many design constraints, including but not limited to the fact that it
houses one of the foremost collections of art in the world in a hurricane zone,
just feet above sea level with a profound flood hazard…
[…]
According to information on the Dali Museum website, “The
museum’s exterior is itself a work of art, featuring 1062 triangular-shaped
glass panels. This geodesic glass structure – nicknamed the “Enigma” – is the
only structure of its kind in North America and is a 21st century expression of
Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic dome as utilized in Dalí’s Teatro Museo in
Figueres, Spain. No two glass panels are identical, providing a kaleidoscopic
view of St. Petersburg’s picturesque waterfront.
[20130223 sdosm First impressions of the new Dalí Museum]
Related…
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[…]
If you ever find yourself in the south Florida area, even if
you are not an art enthusiast, do not pass up an opportunity to visit the Dali
Museum in the downtown St. Petersburg waterfront part of town - at
1
Dali Boulevard, (475 Bayshore Dr SE,) Saint Petersburg, FL. 33701, (727)
823-3767.
The hours are Mon-Wed, Fri-Sat 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Thu 10
a.m.-8 p.m. and Sunday, noon-5:30 p.m. Military, police and firefighters have
an admission price of $19. Students with an ID are $15. After 5:00 pm on
Thursdays admission is only $10.
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Related: A visit to the new surreal fantastical Dali Museum
in St. Petersburg Florida
On Wednesday, February 20, 2013, I took advantage of the
opportunity to visit the new Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Some excerpts of that column may be found below, along a number
of photographs…
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The new Dali Museum in St. Petersburg Florida
Kevin E. Dayhoff
The new Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida has now been
open for over two-years. The much-anticipated
fantastical $36 million, 66,450 square foot museum doubled the
capacity of the previous 1982 building that I had the opportunity to
visit in
February 2009.
The original museum had opened in a renovated marine
warehouse March 7, 1982. According to a number of media accounts, the new
museum – which is the home of 2,140 pieces of Salvador Dali’s art, including 96
oil paintings and eight huge master works - opened on the auspicious date of
January 11, 2011 (1/11/11) at 11:11 a.m.
The museum in downtown St. Petersburg houses one of the most
extensive collections of the art of Salvador Dali in the world. It began in
Cleveland, OH, in 1942 where collecting Dali’s art was the lifelong passion of
industrialist A. Reynolds Morse, and his wife Eleanor Reese Morse.
Alas, sadly my winter schedules in the last number of years
have not included a visit to the Dali Museum, Tampa, and St. Petersburg or the
opportunity to seeing the local sights such as the
Sunshine
Skyway – completed in 1987, it spans the mouth of Tampa Bay and is the
world's longest cable-stayed concrete bridge.
This year I was able to juggle my schedule to see what the
buzz is all about at what many are calling one of the world’s top-ten art
destinations.
As you approach
the
HOK-designed museum, you are immediately impressed with the enormity of
what appears at first glance to be a huge introverted enigmatic cubist-snail on
steroids. The internationally recognized architect Yann Weymouth led the design
team.
The museum structure is a magnificent adaption to a site
with many design constraints, including but not limited to the fact that it
houses one of the foremost collections of art in the world in a hurricane zone,
just feet above sea level with a profound flood hazard…
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