LEONOR FINI
Erotic Drawings
19 March - 11 May 2024
Atrata Paris
Leonor Fini (1907, Buenos-Aires – 1996, Paris), an artist of Argentinian and Italian origin who moved to Paris in the 1930s, cultivated a taste for erotism both in her life and work, creating an aura of mystery and presenting a dreamlike, fantastical vision of the body and intimate pleasures. While preserving her artistic independence, she was close to the Surrealists and considered herself androgynous, rejecting preconceived notions of what a woman artist should be. With “her physical beauty, her art and her legions of lovers whose names read like a roll call of the literary and artistic talents of that brilliant age” (The London Times), she became a legendary figure of female emancipation and sexuality.
During her lifetime, Leonor Fini was the subject of retrospective exhibitions in Belgium (1965), Italy (1983), Japan (1972-73, 1985-86), and France (1986). Posthumous retrospectives were also held at institutions in Italy (2005, 2009), Japan (2005), Germany (1997-98), and Sweden (2014). In 2021, her work was featured in the exhibition Surrealism Beyond Borders at Tate Modern in London. In 2022, Leonor Fini work was included in a historical section of the 59th Venice Biennale. Her work will also be part of the upcoming exhibition Le Surréalisme D’abord et Toujours at Centre Pompidou, opening in September 2024. Furthermore, a retrospective exhibition dedicated to her figure will be held at the Musée de l’Art Moderne de Paris in 2026-2027.
Leonor Fini’s work form part of the collections of: Centre Pompidou, Paris; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France; Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy ; Tate Modern, London, UK; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas, USA; Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum, Japan; Musée de Grenoble, France; Museo Revoltella, Trieste, Italy; and Museum of Modern Art, Brussels, Belgium, among others.
Villa Atrata
86 260 Angles-sur-l’Anglin
Chapel St. Croix
26 Rue du Pont
86 260 Angles-sur-l’Anglin
The exhibitions at the chapel are open to public
Saturday and Sunday from 2PM to 6PM or by appointment
Atrata Paris
30 Galerie de Montpensier
Jardin du Palais Royal
75001 Paris
Tuesday – Saturday from 11AM to 7PM
Gil Presti
Villa Atrata86 260 Angles-sur-l’Anglin
Chapel St. Croix
26 Rue du Pont
86260 Angles-sur-l’Anglin
The exhibitions at the chapel are open to public
Saturday and Sunday from 2PM to 6PM
or by appointment
Atrata Paris
30 Galerie de Montpensier
Jardin du Palais Royal
75001 Paris
Tuesday – Saturday from 11AM to 7PM