References to surrealist artist Salvador Dalí in media and pop culture. For references specifically to Dalí's The Persistence of Memory, see here.
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Films
- Golden Balls (Huevos de oro): Benito González (Javier Bardem) is a big admirer of Dalí and of the way he made himself filthy rich.
- Benito loves drawing drawers on the naked bodies of the women he seduces so they'll resemble the Venus de Milo with Drawers.
- There's a melting clock sculpture in the apartment Benito and Marta live in, much like the painting The Persistence of Memory.
Live-Action TV
- The most relevant feature of the signature outfit worn by the robbers and hostages from Money Heist is a mask designed after Dalí's face, a trait that's mentioned numerous times throughout the series. Basically the series' universe's equivalent of the Nixon Mask.
Music
- Frank Zappa lists Dalí as one of his influences in his Freak Out album liner notes.
- The instrumental "Dali's Car" from Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica was inspired after the band went to an exhibition with Dalí's work.
- Dalí's painting "The Temptation of St. Anthony" was used on the album cover of John Zorn's "On the Torment of Saints, the Casting of Spells and the Evocation of Spirits" (2013).
- In Tyler, the Creator's song "Fin", he mentions Dali as one of his influences.
- Kuba Sienkiewicz made a Filk Song to Dalí's paintings
. - Mecano'song ""Eungenio" Salvador Dalí" is a Celebrity Elegy that takes place at Dali's deathbed. The title itself is a Pun referring to him being a genius (Eungenio = un genio, meaning "a genius")
