A stunning painting by Salvador Dalí is now on show in the North East for the first time.
The giant work by the famous Spanish artist is called Christ of St John on the Cross and the late Dalí had set out to capture in it "more beauty and joy" than had ever been managed before. Now visitors to Bishop Auckland can see first-hand the result he achieved when the Spanish Gallery opens on Saturday.
The painting is now in position in The Auckland Project's gallery, which is dedicated to the art of the Spanish Golden Age, in readiness for weekend viewers - and they are in for a double treat. Hanging alongside Dalí's painting is one by another Spanish great: El Greco whose Christ on the Cross features a similar subject.
