NEWS

2025

Dec: Published a new essay, "The Magician’s Card Tricks: Considering Dalí’s Tarot," in "Surrealism and the Tarot: A Love Story" (Tessel Bauduin, ed.), 154-159.

Aug 28: Catch Dr. King on True Crime Story: Smugshot (AMC+, S2E2) discussing the 2003 theft of Dali's Crucifixion from Rikers Island Prison. Watch it here.

Aug 14: Presented public lecture, "A Ribbon Around a Bomb: Frida Kahlo's Surrealist Encounter," Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, Virginia.

June: Published “Salvador Dalí: Liebe und Tod,” in 'Surrealismus und Deutsche Romantik: Rendezvous der Träume" (Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany), 305–307.

June 7: Presented paper, “Reinterpreting Dalí’s Persistence of Memory: Onanism and the Exorcism of Revolution,” at the "Global Surrealism" conference, University of Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland).

January 11: Interviewed by 'Hindustan Times' for the story, 'Surrealism's Persistent Memory: Can We Look Past the Moustache?' Hindustan Times is one of the largest newspapers in India with 8.6 million daily readers.

2024
December 16: Presented paper, "Dalí’s Italian Campaign: Mysticism, Hiparxiologi, and the Divina Commedia" and chaired two sessions at the "100 Years of Surrealism" conference, Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida.

October 18: Presented paper, 'Dalí’s Italian Campaign: Mysticism, Hiparxiologi, and the Divina Commedia,' at 'Italy is even more Surrealist than the Pope: Surrealism in Italy,' a conference sponsored by the Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice, Italy.

September: Featured guest on Apple Podcast ‘Scamtown,' discussing the theft of Dalí’s Crucifixion from Rikers Island.

July 18: Interviewed on NPR's "All Things Considered" for a feature on Dali and AI. 'All Things Considered' is American NPR's flagship news program, reaching 11.9 million weekly listeners.

FORTHCOMING

“Between Heaven and Hiparxiologi: Dalí, Pujols, and La Divina Commedia,” in 100 Years of Surrealism, The Salvador Dalí Museum (St. Petersburg, FL). Anticipated 2026.