{"id":9321,"date":"2025-10-15T15:47:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=9321"},"modified":"2025-10-17T13:46:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T16:46:21","slug":"salvador-dali-comes-to-liverpool-as-part-of-queens-coast-art-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2025\/10\/15\/salvador-dali-comes-to-liverpool-as-part-of-queens-coast-art-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Salvador Dali comes to Liverpool as part of Queens Coast Art Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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La Fecundidad by Salvador Dali will hang in Gallery 244 in Brooklyn on Saturday as part of the Queens Coast Art Tour. Photo courtesy of Sue and Chres Jensen<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s the third year for the Queens Coast Art Tour and studio rally, but it will be the first year that people will be able to see a piece by Salvador Dali at one of the galleries.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gallery 244 owners Sue and Chres Jensen bought a signed Dali in September and they plan to display it at their gallery in Brooklyn starting Saturday to coincide with the art tour.<\/span><\/p>\n

Called La Fecundidad or Fertility, it\u2019s a sterling silver relief from 1977. It\u2019s signed by the Spanish surrealist, weighs just 249 grams, and measures 18 by 24 centimetres.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was part of a limited run created for American Express as a promotional item for some cardholders.<\/span><\/p>\n

The couple are in Toronto for six months while Chres awaits surgery. They told QCCR this week that they bought it from their friend Doug Peterson in Burlington, Ont., who has owned it since the \u201870s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They thought it would be a great way to help promote the art tour and Queens County artists.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew we weren’t going to be there for the art tour and we wanted to send something back to Nova Scotia that would align our artists with a master,” Sue says.\u00a0<\/span>\u201cI’m hoping that people come to see it and enjoy the work.”<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s kind of a draw like a bit of a fish hook so that people will see a piece by a well-known artist, and that will maybe introduce them to some of the local artists there,\u201d Chres says.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSo that will create some curiosity and some buzz and that’s what we’re hoping to do and hopefully give the art scene in Liverpool and Brooklyn a boost.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sue says the piece will be hung differently than other artwork in the gallery. She says they\u2019re not concerned about security.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s gonna be hung in a little different way on the wall, but no, we know where we live and we want people to enjoy seeing it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

After the art tour, she says they\u2019ll store it in a secure place until next spring when they reopen the gallery.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The back of a piece by Salvador Dali bought by Sue and Chres Jensen of Gallery 244 in Brooklyn. Photo: Sue Jensen<\/p><\/div>\n

Gallery 244 features work by Chres and other local artists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He says the Dali, which he estimates is worth around $5,000, will help add to the eclectic nature of their space.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur gallery is kind of diverse but we are more contemporary. We have abstract artists and cubist artists. I guess I’d put myself in that category. We try to offer something different to the public. Some people want to have something a little different and more striking in their personal collection of art.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sue says their friends have been looking after the gallery for them while they\u2019re in Toronto.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s exciting to give back to the community. The artists and musicians have been watching the gallery for us and working, so it’s just something to send back to them to say thank you.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Queens Coast Art Tour is on Saturday, Oct. 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. In addition to the Salvador Dali piece and other work at Gallery 244 in Brooklyn, the tour features artisans at work all over Queens County. You can meet artists in their own workshops or at three public sites – The Astor Theatre, Coastal Queens Place or White Point Beach Resort.<\/span><\/p>\n

More information is available on the Queens Coast Art Tour Facebook page<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Email: rickconradqccr@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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