"The Theatre-Museum in Dalí’s hometown, Figueres, isn’t just a wacky place to store his works, it’s considered the artist’s last great work: he chose the spot and designed the build (which is actually a rebuild of ruins of the city’s Municipal Theatre, bombed in the Spanish Civil War). Today, it’s thought of as the largest surrealist object in the world. At its most simple, it follows a linear trajectory through his work—but this is Dalí, and nothing is really linear. The best space to appreciate his surrealist headspace is within the epic glass dome, made by architect Emilio Pérez Piñero, and now an icon of Figueres. Of Dalí’s 1500 works inside, there’s a taste of every side of his character: the humor (see ‘Soft Self-Portrait With Grilled Bacon’), his love for wife Gala (‘Galarina’), his coastal inspiration (the remarkably normal looking ‘Port Alguer’) and, of course, the wacky." - Gemma Askham,Jessica Benavides Canepa
