Is Salvador Dali a fascist? The relationship between art and fascism is a very heavy, controversial and important question. In this current political climate, is this simply a video from an antifascist YouTuber trying to grab views? From Dali’s obsession for Hitler to his friendship with fascist dictator Francisco Franco, learn how Dali was dangerously close, and perhaps part of, the European fascist movement of the 20th century.

Umberto Eco’s Ur-Fascism: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995...

NOTES

1. Gibson, Ian. The Shameful Life of Salvador Dali. Faber and Faber Limited, 1997, p. 320-322.
2. Ibid., 323.
3. Ibid., 324.
4. Ibid., 324-325.
5. Ibid., 325.
6. Lauryssens, Stan. Dali & I: The Surreal Story. Thomas Dunne Books, 2008.
7. https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/....
8. Gibson, Ian. The Shameful Life of Salvador Dali. Faber and Faber Limited, 1997, p. 376-377.
9. Ibid., 470.
10. Ibid., 367.
11. Orwell, George. Benefit of Clergy: Some Notes on Salvador Dali. (https://www.orwell.ru/library/reviews...)
12. Gibson, Ian. The Shameful Life of Salvador Dali. Faber and Faber Limited, 1997, p. 362.
13. Salvador Dali in L'Express, June 12, 1975.
14. Gibson, Ian. The Shameful Life of Salvador Dali. Faber and Faber Limited, 1997, p. 395.
15. Ibid., 401.
16. Ibid., 387.
17. Ibid., 494-495.
18. Ibid., 448.
19. Ibid., 498.
20. Ibid., 560-561.

0:00 Introduction
3:35 Dali’s Trial
9:28 Dali and the Spanish Civil War
16:59 Dali and Franco

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