{"id":758,"date":"2019-05-17T05:08:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T05:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mshop.php-dev.in\/daliparis\/?page_id=758"},"modified":"2026-02-27T15:38:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T15:38:48","slug":"beniamino-levi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.daliparis.com\/en\/history\/beniamino-levi\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr Beniamino Levi, Founder and curator of the Dal\u00ed Sculpture Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1558072020999{margin-top: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner gap=&#8221;25&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1557923526550{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Mr Beniamino Levi is not only a curator and an expert in Modern Art who can describe, analyze, exhibit, and maintain collections\u2026he was there when it all happened.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1960s and 70s, Mr Levi headed one of Italy&#8217;s most prestigious galleries, the Galleria Levi on Via Montenapoleone, where he introduced international art to Italy. He was the first to bring some of the world&#8217;s most famous artists to the Italian art collecting community, including Mir\u00f3, Magritte, Masson, Kandinsky, De Chirico, Picasso, and Dal\u00ed.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Levi knew many of the period&#8217;s leading artists personally, and counted much of Italy&#8217;s social elite among his clients. Regular visitors to his gallery included Maria Callas, Baron Von Thyssen and the Agnelli family. Artworks he exhibited in the 60s and 70s today are considered museum quality masterpieces. Mr Levi helped form many major international Modern Art collections.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The art dealer who inspired Dal\u00ed&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1558426927856{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;title-style&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1558071672659{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]In the 1960s, Mr Levi held a Surrealist exhibition at his gallery and was introduced to Dal\u00ed. He frequently travelled to see Dal\u00ed at his many residences in Paris, New York and his home in Spain. Fascinated by some early Dal\u00ed sculptures he had found and bought from a Paris gallery, Mr Levi encouraged the Surrealist master to once more express his artistic vision in sculptural form, commissioning Dal\u00ed to create a series of bronzes based on the artist&#8217;s most famous Surrealist images. Mr Levi worked closely with Dal\u00ed on this bronze sculpture project and is known worldwide as a leading Dal\u00ed expert on the Dal\u00ed Bronzes. He has lectured and written often on the subject, and has published a definitive book on the Dal\u00ed Sculpture Collection.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator el_width=&#8221;80&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Fascinated by some early Dal\u00ed sculptures he had found and bought from a Paris gallery, Mr Levi encouraged the Surrealist master to once more express his artistic vision in sculptural form.&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h5|font_size:16px|text_align:center|color:%23333333|line_height:30px&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; el_class=&#8221;quote&#8221;][vc_separator el_width=&#8221;80&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1558071790825{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}&#8221;]Another exhibition of monumental importance that was organised and directed by Beniamino Levi was &#8220;The Secret Collection&#8221; artworks, by Pablo Picasso, which was made public for the first time after the artist&#8217;s death. The details of this precious collection and other exhibitions are available upon request.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Exhibitions curator and art dealer&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1558426996931{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;title-style&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1558071938328{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]Currently Mr Levi curates and is on the board of directors of several permanent Dal\u00ed exhibitions. The exhibitions feature a large grouping of various rare artworks, selected from private collections and cultural organisations throughout the world, including sculpture, artglass, collages, gold, objets d&#8217;art, furniture and rare graphic portfolios.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator el_width=&#8221;80&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;M. Levi is a rare combination of a museum director\/curator and a major fine art dealer, having successfully managed both positions for many years&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h5|font_size:16px|text_align:center|color:%23333333|line_height:30px&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; el_class=&#8221;quote&#8221;][vc_separator el_width=&#8221;80&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1558071969599{padding-top: 30px !important;}&#8221;]Mr Levi is a rare combination of a museum director\/curator and a major fine art dealer, having successfully managed both positions for many years. It is important not only to find masterpieces, but also to purchase them at a fair price in today&#8217;s competitive market. He has excellent contacts in the private and public international sectors, which he can easily call upon to form a unique modern collection.<\/p>\n<p>More informations on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beniaminolevi.com\">http:\/\/www.beniaminolevi.com<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1557995459297{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1TYR54pmZjs&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;SEE MORE&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:38px|text_align:center|color:%23333333|line_height:40px&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221;][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243; el_width=&#8221;10&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1558427046208{margin-top: 15px !important;margin-bottom: 15px !important;}&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#d83100&#8243;][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; gap=&#8221;10&#8243; el_class=&#8221;bottom-boxes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1557988317691{margin-top: 40px !important;margin-bottom: 60px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1772206454833{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;overlay-r dali-paris-box&#8221;]\n<h6>History of the collection<\/h6>\n<h2>The Dal\u00ed Universe<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"link-overlay\" href=\"https:\/\/www.daliparis.com\/en\/history\/\">Link<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1772206684023{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;overlay-r dali-paris-box&#8221;]\n<h6>History of the collection<\/h6>\n<h2>Permanent exhibition<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"link-overlay\" href=\"https:\/\/www.daliparis.com\/en\/collection-en\/permanent-exhibition\/\">Link<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1772206723139{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221; 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