British-Born Surrealist Painter Leonora Carrington Dies at Age 94 in Mexico City

MEXICO CITY (AP).- British-born painter, writer and sculptor Leonora Carrington, considered one of the last of the original surrealists, has died, Mexico’s National Arts Council confirmed Thursday. She was 94. Carrington was known for her haunting, dreamlike works that often focused on strange ritual-like scenes with birds, cats, unicorn-like creatures and other animals as onlookers or seeming participants. Once the lover of German artist Max Ernst, Carrington was also part of a famous wave of artistic and political emigres who [...]

Surreal Friends: Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo and Kati Horna

Chichester, United Kingdom.- Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo and Kati Horna – an English painter, a Spanish painter and a Hungarian photographer – met in Mexico City in 1943. All three had recently fled war-torn Europe and together they shared memories of Paris, Surrealism, the Spanish Civil War, and the outbreak of World War II. Surreal Friends, this summer’s season of international exhibitions, celebrates the friendship of these three women. It represents the first substantial display of Carringon’s work in Britain for 19 years, and [...]