WOWSERS! A Leon0ra Carrington symposium and “Magical Tales” exhibition is being held at the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City! Pop her name into this blog’s search engine and you’ll find a buncha postings on her as we love… Continue Reading
This year marks the centennial of the birth of British-born Surrealist artist and writer Leonora Carrington. Alejandro Jodorowsky claims, in his memoir that she was also a powerful magician with strange and powerful practices largely of her own devising. Three… Continue Reading
A few days ago, the Guardian ran a story about biographer Joanna Moorhead who’s book, The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington , has recently been published. Carrington, who died in 2011, was a notable member of the Surrealist movement, admired by her… Continue Reading
China Miéville’s The Last Days of New Paris is a weird and wild alternative history set in a 1950 Paris where the Nazi occupation is ongoing, and an incident known as the S-Blast has transformed surrealist art and poetry into… Continue Reading
The Guardian Culture shorts featured a small video on the search for Leonora Carrington by her cousin. Carrington’s work was featured in the ‘Language of the Birds: Occult and Art’. Leonora Carrington escaped a stultifying Lancashire childhood to run off with Max Ernst… Continue Reading
Seems like everyone is trying to work out what the Occult Art Explosion in NY is all about? Strange Magic: Why occult-based art is about to cross your radar (if it hasn’t already) “This week, NYU’s WSE80 Gallery, next to… Continue Reading