\n This will alow the gallery’s expert team to undertake planned research and photography work on the piece, which is set to return to the gallery in late February 2026.\n<\/p>\n
\n The last chance to see the painting for several weeks will be Thursday, January 8.\n<\/p>\n
\n Inspired by Dali\u2019s lucid dream of the \u201cnucleus of the atom\u201d, Hollywood stuntman Russell Saunders was uspended on an overhead gantry to envisage the pull of gravity on the human body.\n<\/p>\n
\n The image was voted Scotland\u2019s favourite painting in a 2006 Herald poll, receiving 29% of the vote.\n<\/p>\n
\n Read more:\n<\/p>\n
\n The Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones has described Dali’s work as \u201ckitsch and lurid\u201d, as well as probably the \u201cmost enduring vision of the crucifixion painted in the 20th century.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n In a Facebook post, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum stated that they looked forward to welcoming the piece back in late February and would provide an update on the exact return date as soon as it is available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This will alow the gallery’s expert team to undertake planned research and photography work on the piece, which…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-357211","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}