Art & PhotographyNewsArt & Photography / NewsDeepfake Salvador Dalí wants to take a selfie with youThat’s a sentence that no one saw comingShareLink copied ✔️May 11, 2019May 11, 2019TextThom Waite Earlier this year (January 23) it was announced that the artist Salvador Dalí – who died in 1989 – would be “brought back to life” via AI for an exhibition called Dalí Lives at the Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. Well, today (May 11) the exhibition opens, and people are already kind of freaking out about interacting with the surrealist icon. Specifically, Salvador Dalí – raised from the dead with the help of ad agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners – seems to have a penchant for taking selfies (and including viewers in the frame). Video shared to Twitter shows this in action: deepfake Dalí holds up a phone, snaps a pic with his fans, and then enthuses over it. You can check out the new Dalí Lives digital experience @TheDali beginning Saturday, May 11. Have Salvador take a selfie for you. “I am Dalí!” @TB_Timespic.twitter.com/lzkXVwaPh4— Scott Keeler (@SKeelerTimes) May 9, 2019 It’s kind of like one of those photo booths you get at an office Christmas party. Afterwards, the artist asks, “Would you like me to send you this dream photograph?” and you’re given a number to pick it up. It goes without saying that it’s all pretty weird (and a little creepy). There’s also the question of ethics, which has previously been raised around the Amy Winehouse hologram tour and the digital resurrection of Tupac. However, Salvador Dalí did famously say: “I believe in general in death, but in the death of Dali, absolutely not.” So maybe he wouldn’t be all that opposed to his posthumous selfie taking after all. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREIn pictures: The changing face of China’s underground club sceneFrom the grotesque to the sublime, what to see at Art Basel Miami Beach Jean Paul GaultierJean Paul Gaultier’s iconic Le Male is the gift that keeps on givingThese photos show a ‘profoundly hopeful’ side to rainforest lifeThe most loved photo stories from November 2025Catherine Opie on the story of her legendary Dyke DeckArt shows to leave the house for in December 2025Dazed Club explore surrealist photography and soundDerek Ridgers’ portraits of passionate moments in publicThe rise and fall (and future) of digital artThis print sale is supporting Jamaica after Hurricane MelissaThese portraits depict sex workers in other realms of their lives