'Dalí Alive' at Newfields: What to know about the new Lume feature, ticket info and more

Salvador Dalí, the Spanish surrealist noted for his upturned mustache, is the new subject for the Lume, which reopens March 2.

The 30,000-square-foot fourth floor inside the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields will be covered in digital animations of the artist's work that are set to a soundtrack. Especially known for his melting clocks and strange creatures, Dalí incorporated the subconscious and Freud's theories into his paintings, and his fame spread as he worked in Hollywood and embraced commercial partnerships.

Here's what to know about "Dalí Alive" at the Lume, which has become the largest continuous exhibition in the museum's history.

What is 'Dalí Alive' at Newfields

Like past exhibits inside the Lume, expect a multi-sensory experience that's tailored to the art that's being shown. The show features more than 100 projectors that will display the art across three digital galleries.

In true Dalí form, ants crawl on clocks that turn and melt, crutches poke at a head that's sleeping, and a desert-like landscape passes behind another head packed with even more tiny heads. The floating visuals are punctuated by quotes and short written bits about Dalí's life, like his relationship with his wife and muse Gala.

Part of the experience will be the café El Mercado Surreal, which will serve Spanish brews, cocktails and snacks. Items on the menu include citrus olive oil cake, chorizo bean salad, a brandy cocktail with ginger and orange, and a nonalcoholic rum with lime juice.

What's more, a new activity called "Let's Get Surreal" uses artificial intelligence to create a picture after visitors provide a color, subject and rough drawing of what they'd like to see. Photo booth rooms based on specific Dalí works invite viewers to stand inside amidst dangling clocks and other symbols the artist was known for.

Four Dalí paintings designed for the opera "The Spanish Lady and the Roman Cavalier," which haven't yet been shown together since the museum acquired them in the 1970s, will be on display toward the end of the experience.

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When the Dalí exhibit opens at the Lume

The experience runs from Saturday through early 2025, on the fourth floor of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, 4000 Michigan Road.

Dalí follows Lume exhibits on "Monet & Friends Alive," which opened in 2022, and Van Gogh, which opened in 2021 and returned in 2023.

How to buy 'Dalí Alive' tickets at Newfields

$29 adults, $25 ages 55 and up, $20 ages 6-17. Free ages 5 and under. Members receive discounts.

Find more information and buy tickets at bit.ly/3STWtUz.

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