With its seemingly single-minded focus, St. Petersburg’s Salvador Dalí Museum might seem like the kind of place where, if you’ve visited once, you’ve been there and done that. Though visitors will still have an opportunity to take in the Spanish surrealist’s masterworks, a video installation by contemporary Catalan artist Mabel Palacín (which is in its final weeks on exhibit at the Dali) is evidence of the museum’s commitment to commissioning “new work from emerging artists who explore the legacies of the Avant-garde, Surrealism and Dalí,” according to curator William Jeffett. The 23-minute, double-screen video (shot in hi-def) offers viewers an unconventional experience of time through scenes filmed in four locations. (Pictured: “La distancia correcta” by Mabel Palacin) Mabel Palacín: Una noche sin fin [An Endless Night] is on display through Jan. 24, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mon.-Wed. and Sat., 9:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Thurs., 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Fri., noon-5:30 p.m. Sun., 1000 Third St. S., St. Petersburg, $15 adults/$13.50 seniors/$10 students, 727-823-3767, salvadordalimuseum.org. —Megan Voeller

This article appears in Dec 23-29, 2009.