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    Revisiting a haven for intellectuals fleeing the Nazis  Nov 28, 2006
    Sullivan first heard the story of the villa and its occupants from the English painter Leonora Carrington, whose lover, the surrealist painter Max Ernst, had stayed briefly at the villa. Sullivan's story is also about the getting away from the villa and "the dark attics all over the Marseille region" where other refugees waited. (Boston Globe -- Living)

    IMAS fund-raiser set for Saturday  Sep 29, 2006
    As part of the events fund-raising efforts, the museum will also have a Mexican Masters live auction, selling 50 works by renowned 20th century artists in Mexico, including English-born surrealist Leonora Carrington, Michoacan native and muralist Alfredo Zalce and American/Mexican painter Pablo OHiggins, among others. Paschal said works from these artists are lithographs and painting done on paper rather than canvas, which will keep the prices reasonable for the auction. (McAllen Monitor, TX)

    Art | To surrealism and beyond, in Allentown show  Feb 12, 2006
    The show includes many other major talents among its 39 artists, such as Joseph Cornell, Dorothea Tanning, Kay Sage, Leonora Carrington, Peter Blume and Pavel Tchelitchev. Giorgio de Chirico, considered a progenitor of surrealism, is represented by two costume designs installed in a special enclosure devoted to theater-related material, and Dal; by six Eric Schaal photographs of his Dream of Venus pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair. (Philly.com -- Entertainment)




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