Gala Dalí (1894–1982) had a favorite quote she enjoyed repeating: “If, like me, you are neither a brain nor a beauty, creating is the only antidote to self-betrayal.” For a long time, she ...

When Mike Wallace interviewed Salvador Dalí in 1958, the painter seemed to believe that he might live forever. Asked what he believed would happen to him when he died, the Surrealist replied ...

So what would Dali have made of “surreal soirées”? He certainly was known to have attended a few, not least the infamous Surrealist Ball thrown by the Rothschilds in 1972 at Ferrières ...

“As long as there are fools and rascals there will be religions,” Voltaire declares in a letter to his friend Frederick II of Prussia. “Ours is assuredly the most ridiculous, the most absurd and the ...

Spindle-legged elephants, floating eyes, twisted human torsos, eyeballs dancing in a matrix of squiggles. These are the visions of Spanish artist Salvador Dalí. One of the most influential ...

About 10 months after colliding with Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, the Dali container ship is back in business. The vessel underwent temporary repairs in Norfolk and then had extensive ...

Svetlana Dali stowed away on a Delta Air Lines flight to France in November. Svetlana Dali was arrested for the second time this month on Monday, after a first arrest by the FBI on Dec. 4 for ...

The Dali is exceptionally capable and consistently likeable in the way it looks, sounds and interacts with other equipment. Some slight quirks in the presentation need to be taken into account ...

The philosophical plot of “Candide,” based on François Voltaire’s satirical novella, is too complex to discuss here. Suffice it to say that it is full of biting irony and bitter sarcasm, which ...

Voltaire - The Vegan Vampire is an innovative and captivating video game that combines different genres to create a unique and immersive gameplay experience. Developed by the talented team at ...

For example, the description of “Slave Market with the Disappearing Bust of Voltaire” explains Dalí’s distaste for Voltaire’s focus on realism and rationality. This gallery shows that ...