Howard Carr Recalls Salvador Dalí Encounters in Cadaqués and Port Lligat as Milan Show Explores Dalí and Fashion

Key facts

• Howard R. Carr, born in the USA in 1947, first met Salvador Dalí in London in 1970 through a photographer who had known Dalí since his New York years.
• Carr saw Dalí again in Cadaqués in 1971 and returned to Europe in 1972 with Kim Waters and Chris Murray, traveling through Europe and Morocco.
• In 1972 the three took a Cadaqués apartment for two months and spent about six weeks of evenings at Dalí's Port Lligat house, now a museum.
• Chris Murray founded Washington's Govinda Gallery in 1975 and published accounts of the period in 1972 and 2011.
• Carr exhibited at Govinda Gallery multiple times, including documented paintings in 1978; critic Paul Richard reviewed his oils in the Washington Post in 1984, citing Braque and Matisse.
• A 2000 Washington Post article listed Carr among local artists in Govinda's early exhibitions; a 1998 review covered his paintings, sculptures and assemblages there.
• Amanda Lear was staying with Dalí during the period Carr visited Port Lligat.
• "Dalí e la Moda" at Palazzo Reale in Milan presents over 200 works and archival materials and runs until January 31, 2027.