Salvador Dali exhibit to visit Turkish capital

The Salvador Dali exhibition, which has been on display in Istanbul since Dec. 23, is preparing to visit the Turkish capital. The exhibition hosts 121 works from the artist's print series "Divine Comedy," "Traces of Surrealism" and "Dinner with Gala." The Dali print series "Divine Comedy" originated through plans by the Italian government to honor the 700th birthday of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri at the beginning of the 1950s. The series consists of 100 prints, one print for each canto of Dante's epic poem "Divine Comedy" plus one cover print. "Traces of Surrealism" is made up of nine lithographic color printings, made by Dali in Paris in 1971. The exhibition can be visited at the Cer Modern center in Ankara from March 23 to May 20, and will open every day between 10 a.m. and 6 pm, except Mondays. On Thursdays, the exhibition will be open between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.