Casa Museo Leonora Carrington
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| Established | Expected 2022 |
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| Location | Colonia Roma, Mexico City |
| Coordinates | 19°25′05.05″N 99°09′47.11″W / 19.4180694°N 99.1630861°W |
| Type | Biographical public museum |
| Director | Alejandra Osorio |
| Owner | Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana |
| Public transit access | Álvaro Obregón bus station |
| Website | https://casaleonoracarrington.uam.mx/ |
The Casa Museo Leonora Carrington, formerly Casa Estudio or Casona Leonora Carrington, was the home of British surrealist painter and writer Leonora Carrington. It is found at Chihuahua Street 194, colonia Roma Norte, in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City. The museum operates digitally due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.
The house was restored by Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) in 2018, and it was expected to open physically in 2022.[1][2]
History[edit]
Leonora Carrington lived in the house for more than 60 years, since 1948 until her death in 2011. It is a three-story mansion found in Chihuahua Street in colonia Roma Norte, Mexico City. There, she created most of her works and also raised her children with her husband Imre Weisz Schwarz, a Hungarian photographer.[3]
In 2017, the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) acquired the house and the following year the house was repaired to be able to receive tourists and display more than 8,000 of the artist's objects. Ten years after Carrington's death, in 2021, the studio house was converted into a museum. It was expected to open to the public in 2022.[4] As of April 2024, the museum operates digitally.
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See also[edit]
- Museo Leonora Carrington
- Frida Kahlo Museum
- Luis Barragán House and Studio
- List of historic house museums in Mexico
References[edit]
- ^ "Casa de la artista Leonora Carrington en la Ciudad de México abrirá sus puertas como museo". El Economista (in Spanish). 24 May 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ "El rincón secreto de Leonora Carrington se abre al público". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 28 May 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "Convierten la casa de la artista Leonora Carrington en un museo íntimo". La Nación (in Spanish). 31 May 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ Osorio, Camila (12 June 2021). "El refugio surrealista de Leonora Carrington en México". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 June 2021.
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