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 house was expected to open to the public as a museum in 2022.[1][2] In 2024 it was announced by its university owners that the house would not become a museum.[3]
History
[edit]Leonora Carrington lived in the house for more than 60 years, from 1948 until her death in 2011. It is a three-story mansion in Chihuahua Street in colonia Roma Norte, Mexico City. There, she created most of her works and also raised her children with her husband Emerico "Chiki" Weisz, a Hungarian photographer.[4]
In 2017 the house was purchased by Mexico City’s Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana from Carrington's son with the stipulation that it would become a museum.[5] Starting in 2018 work began on the house to enable it to receive visitors and display more than 8,000 of the artist's objects.[6] In October 2024 it was announced by the university that the house would not become a museum and would instead become a "documentation centre" for "teaching and research".[7]
Gallery
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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.
- ^ Leonora Carrington's Mexico City Home Will No Longer Open as a Museum; Alex Greenberger. ArtNews, 23 October 2024. [1]
- ^ "Convierten la casa de la artista Leonora Carrington en un museo íntimo". La Nación (in Spanish). 31 May 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Osorio, Camila (12 June 2021). "El refugio surrealista de Leonora Carrington en México". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ Leonora Carrington's Mexico City Home Will No Longer Open as a Museum; Alex Greenberger. ArtNews, 23 October 2024. [2]
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