Casa Museo Leonora Carrington

Casa Museo Leonora Carrington
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EstablishedExpected 2022
LocationColonia Roma, Mexico City
Coordinates19°25′05.05″N 99°09′47.11″W / 19.4180694°N 99.1630861°W / 19.4180694; -99.1630861
TypeBiographical public museum
DirectorAlejandra Osorio
OwnerUniversidad Autónoma Metropolitana
Public transit accessÁlvaro Obregón bus station
Websitehttps://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]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "El rincón secreto de Leonora Carrington se abre al público". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 28 May 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.