Leonora Carrington
Leonora Carrington
Leonora Carrington (b. 1917, Lancashire, UK, d. 2011, Mexico City) is a British-Mexican painter. Carrington’s works are closely associated with surrealism in content and form as well as her physical proximity to the group throughout her career. Though, Carrington never formally aligned herself with surrealist ideology. Instead, her sensibilities lead her to the exploration and investigation of the mysterious and the sacred, uncoupled from specifics, or attempts to understand.
Carrington’s lithograph prints from 1974 were created during her time in Mexico City, an environment where she felt liberated from the male-dominated surrealist movement she orbited in Europe. Mexico, fertile with mysticism, inspired Carrington to infuse her scenes with otherworldly creatures and phantasms—encouraged by fellow artists like Remedios Varo, whose imaginative canvases offered a kindred illusionism.
Leonora Carrington has shown work internationally in solo shows at the AKREN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj; Gallery Wendi Norris Offsite, New York; Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey; and Biblioteca de México Ciudadela, Mexico City among others. Her work is included in the collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma; Fogg Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; Minneapolis Institute of Art; Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City; Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.; Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Princeton University Art Museum; San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco; The Art Institute of Chicago; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The National Galleries of Scotland; The Tate, London; and the University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa.
Past Exhibitions
Selected Press
The Met
Katy Hessel
“Museums Without Men: Leonora Carrington”
March 7, 2024
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Hyperallergic
Lauren Moya Ford
“What Did Home Mean to Leonora Carrington?”
October 8, 2023
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Artnet
Katya Kazakina
“Surrealist Fantasy Sets $28.5 Million Record for Leonora Carrington at Sotheby's”
May 14, 2024
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Artforum
Chloe Wyma
“Occult Classic”
December 7, 2023
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News Highlights
Galerie
Paul Laster
“6 Must-See Solo Gallery Shows in November”
November 6, 2024
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Hyperallergic
Matt Stromberg
“10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles this November”
October 30, 2024
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Artnet
Katie White
“Vicky Colombet Finds a Sense of ‘Home’ in Her Aerial-Inspired Paintings”
September 19, 2024
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Surface
Ryan Waddoups
“Vicky Colombet’s Aerial Vistas Flatten Time and Space”
September 9, 2024
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