Villa Pilar: The Rediscovery of a Leonora Carrington Painting

Leonora Carrington: The Symptomatic Surreal
WikiCommons. Photography: Tania Victoria/Mexico City Ministry of Culture. Leonora Carrington House and Studio.

Home and studio of the artist Leonora Carrington for six decades. Managed by the Metropolitan Autonomous University. License.

The Symptomatic Surreal will be the first institutional exhibition dedicated to Leonora Carrington’s drawings from her Santander sketchbooks, offering a unique vantage point from which to reconsider the artist’s wartime output.

A Leonora Carrington painting – Villa Pilar – will be joining The Symptomatic Surreal from 1 July 2026 and will be viewable at the Freud Museum until 10 August.

Event Information
Start Date: March 25, 2026
End Date: August 10, 2026
City: London
Venue: Freud Museum London

Leonora Carrington: The Symptomatic Surreal