All of the pieces had some interesting features, but the one that I really latched onto was the massive tribute to Columbus which Dali was commissioned to do for the opening of a museum of modern art in New York. \u00a0When the museum failed before it ever opened, the painting went up for auction, and Dali insisted that his friend Albert Reynolds Morse purchase the painting to keep it from selling to someone in the Far East. \u00a0When Morse resisted, Dali told him that he’d have a third party re-purchase it later on, but it was pure deception and Dali had never intended for anyone else to come along and buy it.<\/p>\n The painting is, as with all of Dali’s works, full of symbolism and hidden imagery. \u00a0Countless references to Roman mysticism, along with Christian dual-meanings and Spanish heritages infiltrate the painting, not to mention Dali’s traditional self-insertion. \u00a0Dali even went so far as to place the “sea urchin” at the base of the painting in a prophetic reference to a future event to take place – man’s visit to the moon.<\/p>\n If this were the only interesting painting in the entire place, it would have been worth a visit, yet Dali has four or five enormous paintings with compelling stories and hidden artifacts, and countless smaller works. \u00a0I can’t recommend this place highly enough. \u00a0Even if you have a hard time appreciating the genius of someone who lived in a world of\u00a0rhinoceros\u00a0horns and nuclear mysticism, I think you’ll leave the Dali museum with a sense of awe.<\/p>\n Also, if you’re in St. Petersburg, I have to recommend an eclectic Mexican restaurant called “Red Mesa.”<\/a>\u00a0 It’s become an annual tradition to visit the place because it never disappoints.<\/p>\n If you’re new to WorldWanderlusting, please take some time to browse around the site. \u00a0We hope you’ll like what you find.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve been to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. \u00a0I’ve seen the original Rembrandts in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. \u00a0I’ve wandered through the national gallery in London, and yet the museum I visited last week tops them all. On January … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/300px-Dali_DiscoveryOfAmerica-226x300.jpg\" "\\"300px-Dali_DiscoveryOfAmerica\\"")
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