The immersive Van Gogh Alive exhibit (in 2020 and ’21) drew record crowds to the Dali Museum, which was already St. Petersburg’s top-ranking tourist draw. Visitors couldn’t get enough of the wall-sized (and larger) moving and morphing projections, set to stirring classical music in surround-sound.
The museum’s back-garden geodesic dome debuted in 2023 with even more immersion – 360 degrees, sloping wall to ceiling, plus floors – of Salvador Dali’s paintings, drawings and pithy commentary.
As technology improves, so does the art aficionado’s experience. Van Gogh Alive has been re-configured for the 39-foot-high, 60-foot-wide “Dali Dome,” and will premiere Oct. 11…