Look for a white house with tall black window panes and brick accents on the quiet street-just peek to your left and you’ll spot a leafy entrance and a glimpse of cozy, art-filled rooms inside.
Now, let’s step into the world of Leonora Carrington-if these walls could talk, they’d surely whisper surreal secrets! Right here at Chihuahua 194, Leonora, the legendary English-Mexican artist and writer, lived out over six decades of fabulous creativity. Imagine the scent of old books mixed with paint and a bit of mystery wafting through three sunlit stories, where strange sculptures and wild stories came to life. Here, she raised two sons, worked alongside her photographer husband, and made magical art surrounded by odd creatures and uncanny dreams. After Leonora’s death in 2011, the house waited quietly until 2017, when the Autonomous Metropolitan University stepped in, restoring the home and gathering her treasures-over 8,000 objects! In 2021, it opened briefly as a museum, but ah, the plot thickens: a disagreement between the university and its workers forced it closed, and now it sits in limbo, claimed as a research center. So if you feel a little tug of mystery while standing here, don’t be surprised-Carrington’s magic and a bit of unfinished business still echo through this extraordinary house!
