Lover and muse to multiple artists, Gala notoriously spit on people she didn’t like—or worse. Her marriage to the renowned artist Salvador Dalí was as surreal as his paintings, which he signed with both of their names even though she never held a brush.

Starring Laura Ramoso as Gala Dalí and José Arroyo as Salvador Dalí

Also featuring Stephen K. Amos, Nigel Daly, Neve O’Brien, and Tavis Doucette

Source List:

MUSE: Uncovering the Hidden Figures Behind Art History’s Masterpieces by Ruth Millington, ©2022, Pegasus Books, Ltd.

The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women & the Artists They Inspired by Francine Prose, ©2002, Harper Collins E-books

The Secret Life of Salvador Dali by Salvador Dali, Trans. By Haakom M. Chevalier, ©1993, Dover Publications

Biography.com, The Surreal Romance of Salvador and Gala Dalí

The Paris Review, When Your Muse is Also a Demonic Dominatrix

The Art Story, Gala Dalí: Russian-Spanish Art Patron and Muse

Wikipedia, Gala Dalí

Fahrenheit Magazine, Anna María and Salvador Dalí, Different Paths for the Same Blood

The Dalí Org, Gala Dalí

Poetry Foundation, Paul Éluard

The Art Story, Salvador Dalí

Briannica, Salvador Dalí

El País, Dalí and Lorca’s Games of Seduction

Gazette du Bon Ton, The Surreal Life of Salvador Dalí

Art Hive, Love Story in Pictures: Salvador Dalí and Gala

Time, Salvador Dalí

The New York Times, Gala Dalí’s Life Wasn’t Quite Surreal, but It Was Pretty Strange

Yang Gallery, Dalí & Gala: The Love Story

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