Museo Leonora Carrington

Museo Leonora Carrington
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Established22 March 2018
LocationSan Luis Potosí City and Xilitla
Coordinates22°8′18″N 100°58′22″W / 22.13833°N 100.97278°W / 22.13833; -100.97278
TypePublic
DirectorAntonio García Acosta
PresidentFermín Llamazares
OwnerSecretaría de Cultura de San Luis Potosí
Websitehttps://www.leonoracarringtonmuseo.org/
“La Barca de las Grullas” at Museo Leonora Carrington San Luis Potosí
Entrance to San Luis Potosí Arts Center

The Museo Leonora Carrington is a museum with venues in the San Luis Potosí City and Xilitla, state of San Luis Potosí, México;[1] dedicated to the surrealist artist Leonora Carrington, the Museo Leonora Carrington San Luis Potosí opened 22 March 2018, with Juan Manuel Carreras as governor of the state.[2] The museum houses a collection of the artist's sculptures, jewelry, engravings, and personal objects; and presents temporary exhibits[3] about surrealism and works influenced by Carrington's work.[4][5] The collection was donated by Pablo Weisz Carrington, son of the artist, for the creation of the museum.[6][7]

Leonora Carrington's home studio in Mexico City became a museum in 2022.[8]

  1. ^ "Museo Leonora Carrington". Secretaría de Cultura/Sistema de Información Cultural (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  2. ^ "Alistan inauguración del Museo Leonora Carrington, en San Luis Potosí". Proceso (in Mexican Spanish). 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  3. ^ "Centro de las Artes de San Luis Potosí". centrodelasartesslp.gob.mx. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  4. ^ "Museo Leonora Carrington". www.mexicoescultura.com. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  5. ^ "Museo Leonora Carrington cumple un año en SLP". San Luis Potosí (in Spanish). 2019-03-23. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  6. ^ "Se inauguró el Museo Leonora Carrington en SLP". Agenda San Luis (in Mexican Spanish). 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  7. ^ "En SLP abren el primer museo dedicado a Leonora Carrington". El Financiero (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-08-23.
  8. ^ "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.