Tag: barcelona
The Pickpockets of Barcelona
The following incidents happened a year and a half ago when we were visiting Barcelona (the post was half-written and forgotten in the draft folder). I(Chris) lived in NYC for many years (even before Giuliani became mayor) and had not been a victim of crime. I walked through Times Square with thousands of tourists daily for…
L’espai Dalí·Joies – objet d’art
In addition to the wearable jewelry (covered in the last post), Dali also made many pieces of jeweled objet d’art, which are also on display at the L’espai Dalí·Joies, e.g., this flower with petals shaped like grasping hands. I do not know if it has any function (I somehow doubt it) but it is exquisite…
L’espai Dalí·Joies
After our visit to Dali’s theatre/museum in Figueras, we wandered next door to a new gallery showcasing his creations. This gallery shows a collection of thirty-seven pieces of jewelry in gold and precious stones and twenty-seven drawings and paintings on paper that Salvador Dalí made in designing the jewels between 1941 and 1970. Notice the…
El Teatre-Museu Dalí, Figueras
One side trip we took while we were in Barcelona earlier this year was a visit to Figueras. The only reason to visit that place is the Dalí Theatre-Museum (El Teatre-Museu Dalí), the largest surrealistic object in the world. I came to see this place many years ago but did not mind revisiting. It has…