Salvador Dalí’s Sublime Faith
Hyperallergic’s roundup, introduced by senior editor Valentina Di Liscia, spotlights Ed Simon’s essay on Salvador Dalí’s religious paintings and his “nuclear mysticism,” which fused quantum physics with Catholic faith and produced a Crucifixion that was physically attacked twice. The edition also points readers to coverage including Natalie Haddad on The Met’s new Raphael show, Emily Drew Miller on using matzah as an artistic medium to examine political rifts in Jewish faith, and curator Ryan N. Dennis on moving from community engagement to leadership. In additional news items, Hyperallergic reports the deaths of sculptor Melvin Edwards at 88 and patron Marica Vilcek at 89, notes a Colorado proposal to create “Artist Corporations,” cites organizers’ figure of over 8 million demonstrators in 3,300 anti-Trump protests nationwide, and reports a sub-three-minute heist in northern Italy in which thieves stole $10 million worth of paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne, and Henri Matisse.
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This story was covered in Miniatures, Restitution, and Faith’s Surreal Power