“In Self-Portrait (1938), Carrington offers her own interpretation of female sexuality by looking toward her own sexual reality rather than theorizing on the subject, as was custom by other…

One of the most intriguing features of Surrealism is that it plays havoc with time and place. The paintings of Leonora Carrington, who counted among the movement’s ranks before she died in 2011, could have been conceived in almost any historic moment and any locale inside or outside the imagination. Likewise, in her writings, Carrington’s evocations […]

BIOGRAPHY Leonora Carrington was born in 1917 in Lancashire, England and passed away in 2011 at the age of 94 in Mexico City, Mexico. A leading artist of the 20th century, Carrington incorporated painting, drawing, sculpture, textiles, printmaking, and writing into a body of work produced throughou

"Surreal Lovers" a journey through Max Ernst's love life and art La Fábrica launches Surreal Lovers: Eight Women Integral to the Life of Max Ernst by Margaret Hooks, an Irish writer who has written extensively on the

Uncanny hybrid bodies, peculiar garments, and innumerable unearthly details comprise Sophie Woodrow’s troupe of porcelain figures. Living and working in Bristol, the artist sculpts the delicate, white material into characters that blur the line between nature and culture: giant ribbons wrap a horned bull in a bow, a face emerges from a cloud-like form, and multiple heads sprout from a single neck. Evocative of Leonora Carrington’s surreal creatures—the tall “Hearing Trumpet” figure is a nod to Carrington’s bizarre novel by the same name—Woodrow plays with artifice and makes it difficult to distinguish bodily features from costume or accessory. More

In the courtyard of the Leonora Carrington Museum at Centro de las Artes in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, a large bird captain steers the bird passengers of his bird boat across a lake. The arts complex…

Portrait of Madame Dupin (Detail), 1947 - Leonora Carrington

Discover the magical dreamscapes, mysterious creatures, and trailblazing life of Leonora Carrington—the oft-forgotten, British-Mexican Surrealist painter of the 20th century.

In a tight bidding war involving two participants over the phone, Leonora Carrington's work of art was sold for $9,856,000 MXN. Not only did this fantastic oil painting double the asking price, but it also exceeded the original estimate at which it was valued, between $4,200,000 MXN and $6,000,000 M...