Past exhibition

Exhibition at Museum of the Luxembourg

Born in 1917 in Lancashire, England, Leonora Carrington built her life through travel, whether internal or external. From Florence to Paris, from southern France to Spain, and finally to Mexico, where she became a cult figure, her extraordinary journey nourished a work that stood at the crossroads of surrealism, mytho...

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18 February 2026 to 19 July 2026Museum of the LuxembourgParis

The exhibition

Visit description

Born in 1917 in Lancashire, England, Leonora Carrington built her life through travel, whether internal or external. From Florence to Paris, from southern France to Spain, and finally to Mexico, where she became a cult figure, her extraordinary journey nourished a work that stood at the crossroads of surrealism, mytho. Born in 1917 in Lancashire, England, Leonora Carrington built her life through travel, whether internal or external.

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Pioneer artist, feminist, and ecologist; woman, mother, and migrant; touched by mental illness and an ever-evolving spiritual seeker, Leonora Carrington has left behind a legacy as extraordinary as it is radical.

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Overview

Born in 1917 in Lancashire, England, Leonora Carrington built her life through travel, whether internal or external. From Florence to Paris, from southern France to Spain, and finally to Mexico, where she became a cult figure, her extraordinary journey nourished a work that stood at the crossroads of surrealism, mytho...

Pioneer artist, feminist, and ecologist; woman, mother, and migrant; touched by mental illness and an ever-evolving spiritual seeker, Leonora Carrington has left behind a legacy as extraordinary as it is radical.

On Expo Paris, Exhibition at Museum of the Luxembourg is most useful when it is read not only as a single event but as part of a broader route through Museum of the Luxembourg, where exhibitions, artists and editorial themes can be compared quickly in English. This page becomes easier to place when it is connected to Surrealism.

For an English reader, the point of this page is also practical: it clarifies the venue, dates and booking context, then opens clear paths toward related exhibitions, artists and subjects so that the visit does not remain isolated. 3 related exhibition pages are already close enough to help compare tone, period or venue.

Why go

Pioneer artist, feminist, and ecologist; woman, mother, and migrant; touched by mental illness and an ever-evolving spiritual seeker, Leonora Carrington has left behind a legacy as extraordinary as it is radical.

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