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Salvador Dali masterpiece goes on six-month loan to Atlanta

Slowly but surely one of the most famous paintings in the world was removed – albeit temporarily – from the walls of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow yesterday.

The Christ of St John of the Cross by Salvador Dali is leaving Glasgow on a six-month loan to the High Museum in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, to be the star exhibit in a show of the Spanish surrealist’s late works.