Leonora Carrington, Grandmother Moorhead’s Aromatic Kitchen, 1974 The Charles B. Goddard Center for Visual and Performing Arts – Ardmore, Oklahoma © Estate of Leonora Carrington, by SIAE 2025
Leonora Carrington
“I don’t know if I am a woman, a human being, or a painter: perhaps I am all these things at once.”
Palazzo Reale, Milan September 20, 2025 – January 11, 2026An Unprecedented Exhibition
For the first time in Italy, a major retrospective dedicated to Leonora Carrington: a boundless artist, pioneer of feminist and ecological thought, explorer of dreamlike, mythological, and symbolic worlds.
A unique exhibition project that narrates her extraordinary journey: from England to Mexico, passing through Italy, Paris, and New York.
Exhibition Highlights
- Over 60 works including paintings, drawings, photographs, and previously unseen materials
- First monographic exhibition in Italy
- Curated by Tere Arcq and Carlos Martín
- Official event of the Cultural Olympics Milano Cortina 2026
- A powerful story of art, identity, resistance, and imagination
Universal Themes of the Exhibition
Ecology and Feminism
Carrington anticipated some of the most pressing issues of our time, intertwining women’s rights with the protection of nature.
Fairy-Tale Imagination
Hybrid creatures, fantastic worlds, and narrative magic merge into a remarkable personal universe.
Exile and Resilience
A life journey marked by uprooting, illness, and creative rebirth in Mexico.
Myths and Forgotten Knowledge
Alchemy, astrology, and esoteric symbolism in a cosmic vision of knowledge.
Kitchen and Matriarchy
The kitchen as a ritual, creative, and feminine space: filled with potions, magic, and metamorphosis.
Leonora Carrington, Chez les masques, 1936 – Private Collection © Estate of Leonora Carrington, by SIAE 2025
Leonora Carrington, Sisters of the Moon, Fantasia, 1933 – Private Collection PH: courtesy Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco © Estate of Leonora Carrington, by SIAE 2025
The Exhibition Journey
- Leonora’s Grand Tour
From a rebellious young painter to the discovery of magical sisterhood: her first journey between Europe and imagination. - La Mariée du Vent
Her surrealist period between France and New York: love, escape, and the creation of a unique inner world. - Displacement and Bilocation
A return to childhood memories and the discovery of a fairy-tale Mexico: two worlds, one creative soul. - The Heroine’s Journey
Leonora Carrington as a visionary explorer of consciousness and occult realms. - Luminous Darkness
Delve into the occult territories of her art: alchemy, symbolism, and ritual intertwine in enigmatic and powerful works. - The Alchemical Kitchen
The transformation of the everyday into a space of power and magic: where art, cooking, and spirituality meet.
Gallery
Leonora Carrington, La joie de patinage, 1941 - Madrid, Collection Peréz Simón © Estate of Leonora Carrington, by SIAE 2025
Leonora Carrington, Snake bike floripondio, 1975 - Collection Peréz Simón © Estate of Leonora Carrington, by SIAE 2025
Leonora Carrington, Prophets & the New Myths, ca. 1938 - Parigi, Collection Anne Wachsmann Guigon © Estate of Leonora Carrington, by SIAE 2025
Leonora Carrington - Orplied Colección - Banco Nacional de México
Useful Information
September 20, 2025 – January 11, 2026
Palazzo Reale, Milan
Opening Hours:
Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Thursday: open until 10:30 PM
Last entry one hour before closing.
Groups:
For group and school bookings, email: gruppi.carrington@vivaticket.com
Holiday Opening Times
- December 7: 10:00 AM – 7:30 PM
- December 8: 10:00 AM – 7:30 PM
- December 24: 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM
- December 25: 2:30 PM – 6:30 PM
- December 26: 10:00 AM – 7:30 PM
- December 31: 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM
- January 1, 2026: 2:30 PM – 10:30 PM
- January 5, 2026: 10:00 AM – 7:30 PM
- January 6, 2026: 10:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Last entry one hour before closing.
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