{"id":9621,"date":"2005-01-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-01-25T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webdali.latempesta.eu\/fundacio-dali\/noticia\/la-fundacio-gala-salvador-dali-presenta-el-balanc-de-l-any-dali-2004\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T10:20:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T08:20:20","slug":"the-gala-salvador-dali-foundation-presents-the-balance-of-dali-year-2004","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/webdali.latempesta.eu\/en\/dali-foundation\/news\/the-gala-salvador-dali-foundation-presents-the-balance-of-dali-year-2004\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gala-Salvador Dal\u00ed Foundation presents the Balance of Dal\u00ed Year 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Montse Aguer, Dal\u00ed Year Commissioner and Director of the Gala-Salvador Dal\u00ed Foundation\u2019s Centre for Dalinian Studies today presented at CaixaForum the balance of Dal\u00ed Year 2004, in an event chaired by Josep Vilarasau, President of the \u201cla Caixa\u201d Foundation, and Ramon Boixad\u00f3s, Chairman of the Gala-Salvador Dal\u00ed Foundation. Although the Dal\u00ed Year will not actually be ending until May next, the Foundation representatives wanted to undertake an assessment of the centenary-related activities carried out over the course of 2004, the year that featured the main achievements of this commemoration. CaixaForum was chosen for presenting this balance because it had been the exhibition centre that had hosted the first of the centenary\u2019s two great exhibitions: <em>Dal\u00ed. Mass Culture. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Montse Aguer started by undertaking a qualitative evaluation, pointing out that all the objectives the organisers had laid down for this centenary had been achieved. She mentioned the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a) bringing Salvador Dal\u00ed the man and the work together under all their aspects<\/li>\n<li>b) bringing a rigorous approach to the study<\/li>\n<li>c) the fact that it had been an all-embracing and informative event<\/li>\n<li>d) placing Dal\u00ed within the context of a period that had been the fruit of a cultural and intellectual tradition, while at the same time presenting Dal\u00ed as a discoverer of new forms of expression and fundamental contributor to the history of art<\/li>\n<li>e) the fact that no particular thesis had been favoured, thereby permitting the emergence of various lines of research and a broadening of knowledge about the artist and the oeuvre<\/li>\n<li>f) the coordination between domestic and international institutions, organisations and companies that had lent the project material shape in the form of exhibitions, congresses, recovery of scenarios, issuing of publications, documentaries, etc., and had boosted to the utmost extent the attractiveness of museums housing works by Dal\u00ed<\/li>\n<li>g) having the Foundation as coordinating body for the initiatives, promoting Dal\u00ed\u2019s association with his Empord\u00e0 roots.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>She went on to outline visitor figures for the Dal\u00ed museums and the various exhibitions, as well as the number of publications and documentaries made: although an increase in visitors to the Dal\u00ed museums had not of itself been an objective for the Dal\u00ed Foundation, centenaries did nevertheless produce such effects for their organisers.<\/p>\n<p>The total number of <strong>visitors to the Dal\u00ed museums<\/strong> during 2004 had been 1,398,180, a figure that meant an increase of 21.19% over 2003. The breakdown was as follows: <strong>Dal\u00ed Theatre-Museum<\/strong> (including the Dal\u00ed Theatre-Museum by Night and the Dal\u00ed\u00b7Joies area) received 1,169,532 visitors, 19.41% more than during the previous year; the <strong>Gala Dal\u00ed Castle House-Museum in P\u00fabol<\/strong>: 127,008 visitors, 60.62% up on the previous year; the <strong>Salvador Dal\u00ed House-Museum in Portlligat<\/strong>: 101,640 visitors, 6.75% more than in 2003. Visitors to the Dal\u00ed Foundation websites (the general site, the centenary site and the catalogue raisonn\u00e9 site): the sites had received 1,738,000 visits, a figure that meant a 58.38% increase over 2003, while 20% of visitors to the general website had also entered the catalogue raisonn\u00e9 site.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Visitors to the temporary exhibitions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More than a million people visited the temporary exhibitions over the course of 2004, and that did not count the visitors to the exhibitions<em> The Secret Life of Salvador Dal\u00ed<\/em> at the Dal\u00ed Theatre-Museum nor the <em>Quixote<\/em> exhibition at P\u00fabol Castle, figures for which have been provided above.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Dal\u00ed. Mass Culture<\/em>. <\/strong>CaixaForum, Barcelona. This exhibition received 300,899 visitors over its 94 opening days, making it the centenary\u2019s most visited exhibition. The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sof\u00eda in Madrid received 225,000 visitors. The Salvador Dal\u00ed Museum in St. Petersburg (Florida, United States) received some 60,000 visitors. From 5 March 2005 the exhibition can be seen at the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam (Holland).<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Dal\u00ed<\/em>. <\/strong>Palazzo Grassi, Venice (Italy). From 10 September 2004 to 16 January 2005. This received 235,784 visitors. From 16 February it can also be seen at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania, United States).<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Dal\u00ed in the Empord\u00e0, as Seen by Empord\u00e0 Photographers<\/em>. <\/strong>Held at the Museu de l\u2019Empord\u00e0 in Figueres, it had 5,526 visitors. This exhibition could also be seen at the Museo Vostell Malpartida in C\u00e1ceres, at Palau Robert in Barcelona, at the Centre d\u2019Arts Palau Altea, at the Sala de Cultura de Sant Dom\u00e8nec in La Seu d\u2019Urgell, at the Museu del Suro, at Museu de Gav\u00e0, at the Antiga Estaci\u00f3 in Rub\u00ed and at the L\u2019Amistat exhibitions gallery in Cadaqu\u00e9s, while during 2005 it may still be seen at the Casal Municipal in Torredembarra and at the Centre Cultural in Mollerussa.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Dal\u00ed. Elective Affinities<\/em>. <\/strong>Palau Moja, Barcelona. This received 23,000 visitors.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Don Quixote de la Mancha Illustrated by Salvador Dal\u00ed<\/em>. <\/strong>Gala Dal\u00ed Castle in P\u00fabol. From 13 March to 31 December 2004.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Dal\u00ed and Gaud\u00ed<\/em><\/strong>: the Revolution of the Feeling of Originality<br \/>\nLa Pedrera, Barcelona. Received 65,660 visitors.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Dal\u00ed\u2019s Land. <\/em><\/strong>Museu de l\u2019Empord\u00e0 in Figueres. Received 14,680 visitors.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Dal\u00ed and Optical Illusions. <\/em><\/strong>Museu del Cinema, Girona. Received 10,962 visitors.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Unknown Dal\u00ed. <\/em><\/strong>Museu de Cadaqu\u00e9s. Received 11,704 visitors.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Secret Life of Salvador Dal\u00ed. <\/em><\/strong>Dal\u00ed Theatre-Museum, Figueres. From 26 July to 31 December 2004. This exhibition has been extended for a further period.<\/p>\n<p>The Gala-Salvador Dal\u00ed Foundation also loaned works to a further nine temporary exhibitions:<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>The Yellow Manifesto<\/em> at the Mir\u00f3 Foundation in Barcelona<br \/>\n<em>Dal\u00ed: a storybook<\/em> life at the Biblioteca Nacional de Catalunya<br \/>\n<em>Christmases according to Dal\u00ed<\/em>, 1958-1976 at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (Madrid), in Valladolid, at the IVAM (Valencia) and finally in Vigo.<br \/>\n<em>Dal\u00ed Centenary: the American Collection<\/em> at the Salvador Dal\u00ed Museum, St. Petersburg (Florida, United States)<br \/>\n<em>Dalinian Trails<\/em> at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sof\u00eda (MNCARS), Madrid.<br \/>\n<em>Dal\u00ed Centenary<\/em> also at the MNCARS.<br \/>\n<em>Rafael Barradas, 1914-1929<\/em> at Centre Cultural Metropolit\u00e0 Tecla Sala (Barcelona)<br \/>\n<em>Salvador Dal\u00ed &#8211; Federico Garc\u00eda Lorca<\/em>. The Persistence of Memory at the Museu d\u2019Hist\u00f2ria de Catalunya (Barcelona)<br \/>\n<em>Surrealist Planells<\/em> at Casa Saladrigas in Blanes, at Museu d\u2019Art de Girona and at the Obra Social Caja Madrid social projects centre (Barcelona).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since the centenary was inaugurated on 6 October 2003 some 170 publications have been issued, including essays, exhibition catalogues, children\u2019s books and audiovisual materials. The Foundation collaborated in a very direct way in over twenty publications, from their conception through to making and distributing them. For the Dal\u00ed Foundation, the most important centenary editorial projects were the first volume of the catalogue raisonn\u00e9 of Salvador Dal\u00ed\u2019s oeuvre, which can be consulted on-line, and publication of the <em>Complete Works<\/em>, three of whose eight volumes were published over the course of 2004 in a co-publication project with the Destino publishing house. In terms of <strong>in-house publications<\/strong>, we might note the two exhibitions on<em> Don Quixote and The Secret Life of Salvador Dal\u00ed<\/em>. In addition to the <em>Complete Works<\/em>, <strong>joint publications<\/strong> included the book <em>Private Dal\u00ed<\/em> published by C\u00edrculo de Lectores, while the Foundation worked alongside Planeta de Agostini, S.A. to produce de-luxe editions of the <em>Don Quixote<\/em> and the <em>Autobiography<\/em> of Benvenuto Cellini. Support was also lent to <strong>cinema and television documentaries<\/strong>, as was the case of Media Pro 3.14 in making the documentary <em>Dimensi\u00f3 Dal\u00ed<\/em>; for Catalonia\u2019s TV3 television channel as producer of the documentary <em>Cinema Dal\u00ed<\/em>, directed by Josep Rovira; Talent Televisi\u00f3n in producing the documentary Dalimat\u00f3grafo; Canal Parad\u00eds in the making of the cooking series Dal\u00ed <em>a la carta<\/em>, and finally the Castell de Peralada Festival in research work to recreate Dal\u00ed-related performances to form part of the eighteenth edition of the Festival, with <em>Dal\u00ed Dance, El sombrero de tres picos and El Caf\u00e9 de Chinitas<\/em>. <strong>Other publications<\/strong>, coordinated with the Centre for Dalinian Studies and the Educational Service of the Dal\u00ed Foundation included the DVD Dal\u00ed by Dal\u00ed and the two CD-ROMs <em>Dal\u00ed\u2019s Games and Dal\u00ed or the Fly\u2019s Dream<\/em>, published jointly with Barcelona Multimedia, the stories Descobreix el joc de Dal\u00ed (Discover the Dal\u00ed Game), by A. Riverol and M. J. Brignardelli and published by Destino in Catalan and Spanish, and Luc\u00eda <em>in Search of the Lioness\u2019s Tracks<\/em>, published by Serres S.L. in Catalan, Spanish, French and English. The total number of schoolchildren attended to by the Educational Service over the course of 2004 was 55,470, representing an increase of 89% in relation to 2003.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Press<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nThe press department, with the assistance of the special team hired for the centenary, coordinated 59 reports at the Dal\u00ed museums and organised 147 interviews granted to media reporters from some 25 different countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New acquisitions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nFour new works were acquired in 2004, as well as some additions to the document collection (see the Acquisitions section).<\/p>\n<p>In drawing the event to a conclusion, the Dal\u00ed Foundation expressed special thanks for the support received from the centenary sponsors and collaborating entities. The members of the <strong>Promoting Council<\/strong> included Grup Peralada, Grupo Planeta, IBERIA, Abertis, ENDESA and Industrias TITAN. <strong>Collaborating Organisations<\/strong> included Corporaci\u00f3 Catalana de R\u00e0dio i Televisi\u00f3, RTVE, Hotel Empord\u00e0, Transports Padrosa, Fichet Sistemas y Servicios, Fundaci\u00f3n Herberto Gut de Prosegur, Al-Pi, AENA, Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales, the Ministry of Culture, the Government of Catalonia, KRTU, Girona Provincial Council and Figueres and Cadaqu\u00e9s town councils.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montse Aguer, Dal\u00ed Year Commissioner and Director of the Gala-Salvador Dal\u00ed Foundation\u2019s Centre for Dalinian Studies today presented at CaixaForum the balance of Dal\u00ed Year 2004, in an event chaired by Josep Vilarasau, President of the \u201cla Caixa\u201d Foundation, and Ramon Boixad\u00f3s, Chairman of the Gala-Salvador Dal\u00ed Foundation. 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