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Ask Dalí at the Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Fla., allows visitors talk to the famous surrealist artist via an AI-generated version of his voice.

Ask Dalí at the Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Fla., allows visitors talk to the famous surrealist artist via an AI-generated version of his voice. Martin Pagh Ludvigsen/Goodby Silverstein & Partners hide caption

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Fine Art

An AI Salvador Dalí will answer any question when called on his famous 'lobster phone'

Ask Dalí, a new AI installation based on a copy of Dalí's iconic sculpture, allows visitors to pick up the crustacean-shaped receiver, ask a question, and hear Dalí's response.

'Social Distance': A Community-Style Poem To Help You Feel Less Isolated

NPR asked our audience to find inspiration in — and then write an ekphrastic poem about — two paintings: Heat Wave by Kadir Nelson (left) and Young Woman At A Window by Salvador Dali. Kadir Nelson and Salvador Dali hide caption

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Kadir Nelson and Salvador Dali

Culture

'Social Distance': A Community-Style Poem To Help You Feel Less Isolated

Last month, poet Kwame Alexander asked you to write a poem inspired by two paintings of women looking out of a window. Many of you found a way to express life during the coronavirus pandemic.

'Social Distance': A Community-Style Poem To Help You Feel Less Isolated

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Exhumation Shows Spanish Woman Not Salvador Dalí's Daughter, Foundation Says

Salvador Dalí, photographed in 1973, was found not to be the biological father of the woman whose paternity claims led to his body being exhumed, according to his foundation. Eustache Cardenas/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

Exhumation Shows Spanish Woman Not Salvador Dalí's Daughter, Foundation Says

María Pilar Abel Martínez has long claimed that the surrealist painter is her biological father — a claim that led to Dalí's remains being unearthed in July.

Decades Later, Salvador Dalí's Decadent Dream Dishes Are Awakened

Salvador Dalí's dinner parties were legendary for their opulence and bizarre fare. In 1973, Dalí immortalized these freakish feasts in the book Les Diners de Gala. Taschen hide caption

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The Salt

Decades Later, Salvador Dalí's Decadent Dream Dishes Are Awakened

Food and surrealism make bizarre bedfellows in Les Diners de Gala, first published in 1973. Now, you can get a reprint of those recipes and illustrations — and a peek into his legendary banquets.

Book News: In Support Of Persecuted Colleagues, Writers Turn To Letters

Alain Mabanckou, a French novelist born in the Republic of Congo, wrote a letter to support Cameroonian poet Dieudonne Enoh Meyomesse. Etienne de Malglaive/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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The Two-Way

Book News: In Support Of Persecuted Colleagues, Writers Turn To Letters

In the run-up to the Day of the Imprisoned Writer, authors have written open letters to several imperiled authors around the world. Also: A recap of the truce between Amazon and Hachette.

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