Last of the Surrealists Dies in Mexico
British-born painter, writer and sculptor Leonora Carrington has died of natural causes in her adopted country, Mexico. She was 94. Carrington, considered one of the last of the original surrealists, and a contemporary of Frida Kahlo, arrived in Mexico as part of the wave of artists in the 1930s and 40s. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with The World's Alex Gallafent.
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