How to visit Desafío Dalí exhibition (Madrid): schedules, prices

“Dali Challenge” It is, without a doubt, one of the exhibitions of the year that you cannot miss.

Una intimate immersion in the universe of Dalí through a sophisticated and unique exhibition in the world, which offers you an extensive tour of his prolific work, through 160 large paintings in digital format. 

Salvador Dalí He believed that the future of painting was digital, and under this idea the largest digitized and educational exhibition on his figure was born.

An exhibition organized by ArtDidaktik and Salvador Dalí Gala Foundation, which takes care of all the details and offers you a very personal vision of his work and its lesser known facets.

It is probably one of the best documented exhibitions of the genius and one that will surprise you the most, not only because of the grandeur and staging of his works, but also because of how it literally takes you into the dream world of Dalí and in his creative process.

Where and until when you can visit the Desafío Dalí exhibition

La exposure “Dali Challenge” you can see it in the Ifema Space 5.1 until 7 March 2023.

An area of ​​2 square meters that will allow you to access the viewing of the work as a whole, which would otherwise be impossible because it is spread across 20 museums around the world or in private collections.

What is the duration of the visit to the Desafío Dalí exhibition?

The exhibition takes time to see, although it depends on what you stop at. audioguide, because if you want to listen calmly to the explanations, your visit may have a duration of about two hours.

Better to go first thing in the morning if you want to avoid queues at the different photographic points, because on weekends the influx is massive.

El audioguide It is essential to better understand this exhibition, a very entertaining story as a podcast.

When you enter the exhibition you can download it to your mobile phone using a unit’s QR code.

What to see at the Desafío Dalí exhibition in Espacio 5.1 (Madrid)

The journey begins by entering directly into the paintings.

Follow the Dali child that greets you from the entrance screens and begins a journey through the timeline of his life and the story he lived through.

The route must be done in a zigzag, from right to left, to immerse yourself in its large size digital paintings.

Each aisle is a decade, and next to the date they show you their most representative work from that decade, which you will always find to the left of the central aisle.

The first decade begins in 1910, with the indispensable and necessary first pictorial steps of Dalí, a child with exceptional gifts who began painting at the age of 14, surprising everyone with his talent in his first exhibition in Figueras.

Here we find some of his perhaps lesser-known works, but of great technical mastery, especially given his young age.

His self-portraits and landscapes of Cadaqués, the town where he spent his summer vacations.

In this first period Dalí I painted a lot during the summers. He studied art in Madrid and traveled to Rome to perfect himself.

The decade of the 2nd It is that of decisive encounters; The most important for his life and work was that of Gala, but at this time he also meets Buñuel, Lorca y Picasso.

For the 20s, the exhibition chooses as a featured piece ““Self-portrait with a Rafaelesque neck”.

They were very creative years, in which he studied with many ups and downs in Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando.

A very well-known brand work the 30's, "The Persistence of Memory" o The soft clocks; es the pure surrealism to talk to us about the ephemerality of time. 

At this time, his consecration as an international painter began, coinciding with the Spanish Civil War and Second World War. It is time for exhibitions in New York and immersion in the world of cinema.

In the 40 years Dalí y Gala They live in the United States. It was a very hectic and creative time, in which his fame did not stop growing.

La hiroshima bomb May 6, 1945 impacted the artist, and a work marks this section of the journey, “Atomic idyll and melancholic uranium”, beginning a new period that he inaugurates as nuclear or atomic paint.

It is also his favorite work from this time, “The bread basket”, the only one he assured he would like to keep.

In the 50 years new creative paths are opened; It's time for one of his masterpieces, “The Christ of Saint John of the Cross”.

Seen from a higher angle in the middle of a mystical sky, Jesus floats, is not nailed, illuminating the Portlligat Bay.

In this part of the route do not skip “Nature living death”; If you focus the painting with iPad offered by the exhibition staff, you will be able to see how the objects come to life.

In the sixth decade Dalí He is already a world star who appears in advertisements and triumphs even in Tokyo.

Highlights his “Galacidalacidesoxyribunucleicacid”, a painting tribute to the Nobel Prizes who discovered DNA, and of course, their muse Gala which he paints with his back turned in a close-up.

Around the 70 years old, Dalí He continues to explore with the creation of his first stereoscopic works and holograms.

His work is from this time “Palace of the Wind” or the apotheosis of Empordà, as he called it, which can be seen in the Dalí Museum Theater in Figueras.

The 80 years They are those of farewells.

The genius had to say goodbye to his beloved Gala, a loss from which the artist would not recover.

He abandons public life and goes to live in Figueras, where he dies on January 23, 1985, at the age of 85.

His last work was painted in 1983, “Untitled, swallowtail and cellos, catastrophe series”. In this part of the route one more surprise awaits you, if you head towards the painting "The Pearl".

What is Dalí Polyhedral in exhibition Desafío Dalí

At the end of the room you will find a screen with Dalí dressed as a child calling you; Follow it because you will enter another surprising space: Dali Polyhedral. 

  It is time to sit down and enjoy some of the lesser-known facets of the genius, such as jewelry, advertising or cinema through a documentary video that you can see from four different screens; but there is no need to change locations, since the same content is projected on the different televisions.

This room is like an allegorical representation of the artist's mind, a kind of plaza from where you can access other rooms, to delve into other aspects of his career.

The direction of travel is counterclockwise.

Gala Space in Desafío Dalí exhibition

On the right awaits you one of Dalí's obsessions, his muse; Its about Gala Space.

We enter a private and intimate setting, a recreation of the painter's studio in his house in Portlligat, a corner where most of the work of Dalí.

Here we will enjoy endless memories and photographs, and even the views that we saw every morning.

Gala It was the love and inspiration of Dalí, without her his work cannot be understood, not only because he portrayed her obsessively, in every possible way, but because she was his unconditional support.

Space of Surrealism in Desafío Dalí exhibition

This corner is very special, you cannot miss it, because here you can be part of the Dalí's surreal universe and immortalize yourself in one of his most emblematic paintings, "The temptation of San Antonio".

The staff gives you instructions on how to get positioned and take the funniest photos and video, with the elephants and flying eggs that Dalí painted in this work.

You can pick up the video at the exit, or they will send it to you by mail.

Room of Nuclear Mystique in Dali Challenge exhibition

In this room we find two fundamental works that develop one of the most important themes of the genius, the atom and nuclear chaos.

To the right stands a recreation of the “Dematerialization near Nero's nose” painted in 1947. Look for the spot on the ground with some footprints, to see the correct perspective of this work.

On the other side, on the left we see another three-dimensional representation of one of his most iconic works, "Maximum speed", Madonna of Raphael.

Here Dalí use one of the madonnas classics of the Renaissance, to decompose it into atoms and rhinoceros horns, which look at us while they disintegrate.

Dalí's Jewels on display Desafío Dalí

One of the least known facets of Dalí it was the one of jewerly designer, objects that he designed with incredible precision.

Don't miss the showcase in which we are presented “The chalice of life”, a 1965 piece made of 18-karat gold, and adorned with precious stones and equipped with a mobility mechanism.

It is logically not the original, but you can enjoy it with the technique of micromapping.

Dalí's World of Dreams

The dali dreams They were another of his obsessions and the maximum representation of surrealism.

Freud, whom he came to know, was one of his references in understanding the world of dreams, because it helped him interpret some of the themes that are most repeated in his work.

Here we find a door full of eyes of all sizes; It is a reproduction used for the film "Remember" de Alfred Hitchcock, from 1945, which gives us access to other important representations such as “Othello dreaming of Venice”, “Archaeological reminiscence of Millet's Angelus” o "Dream caused by the flight of a bee around a pomegranate one second before waking up".

This last work is a little hidden, but you shouldn't miss it if you want to take a souvenir photo that will surprise you within a set of mirrors.

Dalí's double and stereoscopic images

Dalí He had mathematics and optics among his preferences, from which some of his most original works emerge, the double images and stereoscopic ones.

When you leave the dream room, you will find “Naked gala looking at the sea where Lincoln appears 18 meters away”. 

The original is a canvas of large proportions in which, when you are close, you see Gala looking out over a landscape, but if you move away you will discover the American president hidden in a box.

You must also see the rest of the works from far and near to observe the visual play. For the stereoscopic images, you will need some 3D cardboard glasses.

The exhibition ends with the recreation of his land in virtual reality under a hot air balloon; It's time for more photos and surprises, like the one that will allow you to sit in the “Sofa lips” most sensual in the world.

Dali Challenge exhibition hours in Madrid

La Dalí Challenge exhibition you can see it in Space 5.1 IFEMA MADRID (Avenida del Partenón, 528042. Ifema South Access).

The Visiting schedule They are, from Tuesday to Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 21 p.m., and on Sundays, from 10 a.m. to 19,30:XNUMX p.m., closing on Mondays.

Dali Challenge exhibition ticket prices

The Dalí immersive exhibition ticket prices They vary depending on the day and time, with general admission from 17 to 25 euros, and free admission for children under 5 years old.