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Leonora Carrington’s Little-Known Explorations of Jewish Mysticism

by Matt Stromberg July 28, 2022July 29, 2022

In her designs for S. Ansky’s play The Dybbuk, the artist blends various visual and mythological strands of her European background with those of her adopted home of Mexico.

Posted inOpinion

Why the Word “Forgotten” Isn’t Helping Women Artists

Avatar photo by Hall W. Rockefeller February 15, 2022February 15, 2022

This word expresses a passivity that obscures the reality of these women’s stories. I prefer the more accurate “erased.”

Posted inBooks

A Revelatory Tarot Deck by Leonora Carrington

by Cassie Packard March 3, 2021September 21, 2022

Resurfacing a little known part of the artist’s oeuvre, a new text from Fulgur Press demonstrates that occultism was thoroughly knit into the fabric of Carrington’s life.

Posted inArt

Artists Help Us to Gain a Deeper Understanding of Death and Healing

by Ilene Dube January 10, 2020

From Albrecht Dürer to LaToya Ruby Frazier, artists have for centuries depicted and reflected on health and illness.

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The Surrealist Satire of Leonora Carrington

by Douglas Messerli September 9, 2017September 9, 2017

These stunningly strange, arrestingly intellectual constructs treat the human imagination with humor and forgiveness.

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The Idiosyncratic Writings of Leonora Carrington, a Reluctant Surrealist

Avatar photo by Elisa Wouk Almino June 20, 2017June 20, 2017

Three books by Leonora Carrington, including her memoir of her time at an insane asylum, reveal the artist’s specific vision of the world, which strayed from and defied Surrealism.

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From Surrealist Sketches to Mythic Visions, Favorites from the Master Drawings Fair

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney January 27, 2017January 27, 2017

At Master Drawings, art dealers spread their net a bit wider to exhibit rare drawings, watercolors, and oil sketches from the 14th to 20th centuries.

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Painting According to Art Basel Miami Beach

by Rob Colvin December 2, 2016December 2, 2016

At Art Basel Miami Beach, if you only look at the art, it’s an affair worth the trip, because if you want to see the newest art made in Saint Petersburg, Vienna, Barcelona, or Berlin, it’s here.

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Surrealist Visions and California Chic

by AX Mina February 14, 2012February 18, 2012

LOS ANGELES — A visiting friend from New York afforded me the chance to check out two shows currently on view at LACMA. They’re quite different — disturbing surrealism and cool California chic — but as they’re in the same Resnick Pavilion, we had to see both. It’s a great combination.

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