Casa-Estudio Leonora Carrington

The Leonora Carrington House-Studio was the painter’s home from 1948 until her death in 2011. The project was in charge of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM). The building was remodeled and all the furniture, objects and documents belonging to the artist were catalogued. The museography has respected the everyday-family environments that accompanied the life of the family that was the artist’s refuge for more than 60 years. The cataloging brings together more than 8,600 artistic pieces and documents made up of IDs, passports, photographs, letters, sketches, sketchbooks, embroidery and diaries that can be consulted by appointment and authorization. The opening of the enclosure will take place when the pandemic allows it.

• Mary Leonora Carrington (1917–2011) was a British-born surrealist painter and novelist. One of the longest-lived of the Surrealists of the 1930s, she came to Mexico in 1948  She lived most of her adult life in Mexico City and was one of the last surviving participants in the surrealist movement of the 1930s.[2] Carrington was also a founding member of the women’s liberation movement in Mexico during the 1970s.[3][4]Carrington is credited with feminising surrealism. Her paintings and writing brought a woman’s perspective to what had otherwise been a largely male-dominated artistic movement. Carrington demonstrated that women should be seen as artists in their own right and not to be used as muses by male artists.

The house has 431 square meters and three floors, with its rooms, terraces, patios, study, library, kitchen, dining room. Another staircase, an office area, a terrace, and a small multimedia room were added.