Leonora Carrington

Leonora Carrington at Edge Hill University (Ormskirk)

LEONORA CARRINGTON CENTENARY SYMPOSIUM 30 JUNE 2017 EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY (Ormskirk) Considered a ‘national treasure’ in her adopted country of Mexico, Leonora, whose background was strongly Irish, was originally from Clayton Le Woods, Chorley, Lancashire. Symposium speakers, artists, film makers, writers, curators and academics at the symposium will celebrate her in her home setting.Continue reading “Leonora Carrington at Edge Hill University (Ormskirk)”

Leonora Carrington, Tate Liverpool, 6 March – 31 May 2015

Exhibition: Leonora Carrington, Tate Liverpool, 6 March – 31 May 2015. Exhibition put on as part of the 2015 Year of Mexico in Britain celebrations. Tate Liverpool has organised the first monographic exhibition in the UK devoted solely to the Lancashire-born but Mexican-based surrealist Leonora Carrington (1917-2011). A selection of key paintings made throughout herContinue reading “Leonora Carrington, Tate Liverpool, 6 March – 31 May 2015”