Who’s in the mood for a ghost story this #SpookySeason? "Portrait of My Dead Brother" refers to one of the key stories in Dalí's life, the relationship with his dead brother whose name he shared and who died 9 months prior to the artist's birth. Dalí felt his parents wanted him to be a replacement for his dead brother, so he cultivated his eccentric behavior to prove that he was different. Dalí often referred to himself and his dead brother as Castor and Pollux, the Roman twins born of Leda. Dalí felt that although his brother was dead, he was still a specter in his life. The source for the brother’s face in Dalí’s “Portrait of My Dead Brother” (1963) is currently unknown, although it is believed to be from a newspaper photograph. The style in which Dalí painted his brother resembles an enlarged photograph, with the large dots resembling the Ben Day dots used in photogravure. This also recalls the contemporaneous work of Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, suggesting new interests in Dalí...