Leonora Carrington, Existential Journey in Italy

A major exhibition celebrates the work of Leonora Carrington, a key figure in Surrealism and a pioneer of artistic feminism. The exhibition traces her complex creative trajectory, highlighting her symbolic universe and rebellious spirit, through paintings, photographs, books and archive materials. Born in 1917 in England, Carrington rebelled early on against the rigid social conventions of her time, approaching Surrealism and starting an intense relationship with Max Ernst. Forced into exile due to the Second World War, she lived between France, Spain and Mexico, where she found a new artistic and spiritual homeland. Her art, populated by hybrid creatures, Celtic myths, alchemy and dreamlike elements, expresses an interior world full of magic and transformation. A crucial aspect of the exhibition is Carrington's relationship with Italy, which dates back to her youth in Florence, where she came into contact with the Italian Renaissance. This influence blended with her Celtic roots and the esoteric dimension of her artistic research. The exhibition also explores her identity as a woman artist, migrant, exile, mother and activist, revealing how her work anticipates many contemporary themes, from ecology to the fight for women's emancipation. Through this exhibition, Leonora Carrington's art reveals itself not only as an extraordinary testimony of surrealism, but also as a visionary journey in search of herself and new possible worlds.