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Why Is Salvador Dalí’s Persistence of Memory So Important?

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The Persistence of Memory (La persistencia de la memoria) (1931) is a trifecta of superlatives: Surrealism’s most famous painting, created by its most famous artist, featuring its most famous motif. The painter, of course, is Salvador Dalí, and his iconic rendering of melted pocket watches is instantly recognizable to nearly everyone, even those with little or no interest in art. Dalí painted The Persistence of Memory when he was 28. By that t…
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ARTnews broke the news in on Friday, June 27, 2025.
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