Leonora Carrington Museum

Fineliner and watercolor on Moleskine Watercolor Journal 3.5" x 5.5

Leonora Carrington is an English surrealist sculptress contemporary of Dali, Picasso, Kahlo, Edward James and others, who lived most of her life in Mexico. Her son Pablo Weisz Carrington visited the Centro de las Artes de San Luis Potosi Centenario. When the disused old wing in this Center, a former penitentiary, was shown to her son, he thought it was the perfect location for her mother's museum. When he found out this processing area was inhabited by women, he felt this gave a symbolic value as the sculptures were created by a woman, her mother, an artist who advocated for women's rights. So renovations started in 2017 and inaugurated on March 22nd 2018. 

After visiting the different halls and patios, I sat in the central patio where there is giant sculpture "The Ship of Cranes", I included one of the watch towers of the penitentiary to show more information about the building where this museum is. I visited this building in 2013, it was then only the Centro de las Artes de San Luis Potosi Centenario. This is the main entrance. 

Pen&Ink and watercolor on Handbook Artist Journal 8.25 " x 5.5 "

All the investment made in this museum match the quality of the work of Leonora Carrington. The building is itself a work of art. With this museum, San Luis Potosi is getting international recognition. I am so pleased to see this city is becoming alive and catching up with other cultural cities in the world. Bravo!