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Artist’s remains reinterred with “privacy” after it was proved that a woman claiming to be his daughter is no relation

A new exhibition displays pictures of the Catalan painter, including Gala's first works

Pieces 'Maison pour érotomane' and 'Gradiva' were owned by an Argentinian family

The directory includes around 1000 of the artist's pictoral works, after 17 years of research

Not seen in public for 92 years ‘Figure in profile’ will be on display at Dalí Museum in Figueres until end of 2018

The ordeal lasted several months and included the exhumation of the artist’s remains

The collection features artists like Dalí, Miró, Picasso, Tàpies, Brossa and Duchamp

Pilar Abel, woman claiming to be the artist’s daughter, is not related to Salvador Dalí

The artist’s bones were dug up to extract DNA samples following a paternity suit

Court admits Salvador Dali Foundation request for DNA samples of the artist’s remains to be taken in the evening after the museum closes its doors

Pilar Abel insists she is not looking for money but vows to fight to learn the truth

Ceret and Perpignan open exhibitions dedicated to the works of the two influential artists

The painting, which comes on the market for the first time, will lead Bonhams’ Impressionist and Modern Art sale on Thursday 2 March, and has a guide estimate of €942,000-€1,413,000. The work is a portrait of Dali’s sister, Anna Maria, painted in 1925 and which was only exhibited once, that same year, in the Barcelona Sala Dalmau. The painting was then given to Anna Maria by the artist before their relationship deteriorated. The Director of the Dali Museums, Montse Aguer, explained to the CNA that they had no information on this piece of art, which was considered lost until now. The auction will allow the Dali Museum to get more information on the portrait and complete the details that they had about it in the Museums catalogue. However, Aguer did not specify whether the Museums will participate in the auction in order to bring the painting to Catalonia.

From this Friday the 29^th of October to the 5^th of February 2017, the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, is holding the exhibition ‘Surrealism in Catalonia. The artists of Empordà and Salvador Dalí’. The exhibition presents 70 works by 29 different Catalan artists from private collections or loaned by museums such as the Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, Cau Ferrat in Sitges, De l’Empordà, in Figueres and Art in Cadaqués, one of the Costa Brava’s most iconic villages. The goal of the exhibition is to mark the importance of the surrealist art movement in Catalonia, mainly cultivated in Empordà – northern Catalonia - in the history of European Surrealism. Amongst the 70 pieces displayed in the exhibition there are paintings, but also works of sculpture and graphic art, such as the masterpiece by Dalí ‘Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening’.

Sotheby’s Paris has auctioned an unpublished diary from Catalan painter Salvador Dalí for the price of 91.800 euros. Sold on the 26^th of April, the leather-bound, handwritten journal was used by the surrealist artist between 1930 and 1935, and is valued at between 40,000 and 60,000 euros. The notebook not only includes original drawings and sketches, but also literary texts, artistic criticism, and even an account of the artist´s daily spending. "It is an extremely sought-after and very moving item”, noted vice president and head of Sotheby's books and manuscripts Anne Heilbronn. 495 additional items were in the collection that was auctioned alongside the journal, comprising the most complete collection dedicated to Dadaism and Surrealism. This set contains collaborations by Breton, Magritte, Penrose, Ernst, Miró, Man Ray, Dominguez, Éluard and Picasso.