Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí was a leading proponent of Surrealism, the 20th-century avant-garde movement that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious through strange, dream-like imagery. “Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision,” he said. Dalí is especially credited with the innovation of “paranoia-criticism,” a philosophy of art-making he defined as “irrational understanding based on the interpretive-critical association of delirious phenomena.” In addition to meticulously painting fantastic compositions, such as The Accommodations of Desire (1929) and the melting clocks in his famed The Persistence of Memory (1931), Dalí was a prolific writer and early filmmaker, and cultivated an eccentric public persona with his flamboyant mustache, pet ocelot, and outlandish behavior and quips. “Each morning when I awake, I experience a supreme pleasure again,” he once said. “That of being Salvador Dalí.”

Off The Wall Gallery is honored to present works from The Argillet Collection, one of the most important bodies of Salvador Dalí graphic art in the world. Published by Pierre Argillet between 1959 and 1974, these original hand-pulled etchings reflect a decades-long friendship and artistic collaboration between Dalí and the Argillet family. Today, Madame Christine Argillet continues to preserve and share this extraordinary legacy with collectors worldwide.

Save the Date! Salvador Dali - The Argillet Collection Exhibition
September 15 - October 15, 2026. Details