Opening: May 16, 6:00 pm

The Divine Comedy, the magnificent work of Dante(1265-1321), reveals itself today once again among us, through the unique creation of Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) in the exhibition that is his. dedicated in the space of CPS - Centro Português de Seriografia at CCB which presents the Portuguese edition, unknown to the general public. The exhibition opens on May 16th at 6pm and will be open at 6pm. patent until June 17th, with free entry. 

The Portuguese edition of A Divina Comédia, in a print run of just 100 copies, was published in 1974 by Ediçõe;s Diprove in Lisbon and contains the A Divina Comédia strong>100 original engravings by  Dalí, printed in Paris byJean Estrade between 1959 and 1963. The text, consisting of a triplet selected for Each engraving was translated by the surrealist poet Alexandre O'Neill and was composed and printed in January 1974 in Lisbon.

With this work Salvador Dalí entered the genealogy of the great artists who illustrated The Divine Comedy, from Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510), to Michelangelo (1475-1564), in the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, William Blake (1757-1827) or Gustave Doré (1832-1883).

Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, in the vision of the brilliant Spanish painter, are inspired by the immortal work of Dante, “the great voice of the 1st world. Renaissance, the highest poetic figure between Virgil and Shakespeare”, according to professor Marques Braga, one of his translators in Portugal, before the celebrated version by Vasco Graça Moura. This allegorical poem unfolded mythically in 1300, over seven days, from the 7th to the 14th of April. Written in tercets, it is divided into three parts and one hundred Cantos, in the course of which Dante undertakes an imaginary and initiatory journey, first to the infernal circles, accompanied by Virgil, until his death. to the center of the earth where Lucifer is. Returning to the From the earth's surface, he climbs the mountain of purgatory, guided by his beloved Beatrice, to be admitted to paradise, from where, flying through the nine heavens, he ends the wonderful journey in divine contemplation.

According to Maria João Fernandes (A.I.C.A.): “The timeless frieze of human misfortunes and fortunes, of sins and virtues, in the rawness and poetry of its images, parades before our eyes in the poetry of Dante, culminating in the revelation of light and Love “which moves the Sun and the other stars”. It now sparkles in Salvador Dali's instinctual and dreamlike reality between the convulsive rigor of the drawing and the splendor of the stains that the watercolor dilutes to transform into the living creatures of the painter's art and prodigious imagination.”< /p>

In 2008, coinciding with the inauguration of its new space at the CCB, the Portuguese Screen Printing Center presented in three spaces - each corresponding to Inferno, Purgatário and Paraíacute; so - a rare copy of the Divine Comedy, with all engravings signed by Dalí. Ten years later, it gives Discover the Portuguese edition of this unique work, considered by many to be the best set of illustrations by Dalí and the most creative and grandiose illustration of Dante's immortal work.