The Mexican Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires (PAINTING) They kicked off the show "Constellations", the first retrospective of the artist Remedios Varo in the world.

While the exhibition will officially be enjoyed from Friday, yesterday press conference attended Natalia Pollak and Gabriela Rangel performed, Modern directors and MALBA, respectively, Victoria besides Giraudo, Curated by the head of Malba and Carlos Molina, Chief curator of MAM.

This shows more concentrated 120 pieces that add to the documentary material of the invaluable work of this true icon of surrealism. It may be appreciated until 15 of June.

Derived from the fact the Spanish exile, Remedios Varo comes to Mexico in 1939 and it produces a wide range of works extends until his death occurred in 1963. Of particular interest are the pieces created in his prodigious decade in Mexico City, from 1942 and even his first exhibition in 1954-55.

Of all the works exposed, 38 They have wealth declaration. further, the public can see paintings, drawings, sketches and a large body of documentation for your records, consisting of notebooks, fantastic stories and other writings; correspondence with other artists and international intellectuals also resident in Mexico, as Leonora Carrington, Kati Horna, Eva Sulzer, Benjamin Péret, Oscar Dominguez, César Moro, Edward James, Gunther Gerzso and Octavio Paz. They were also included photographs and personal objects that reveal personality traits of the artist.

Likewise, the sample is enriched by the addendum of a newly acquired works by Eduardo Costantini, founder and president of the Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires. It is "Sympathy (Rage cat)”, 1955 and another of the Malba collection entitled "Iícono", 1945.

Once the sample is complete in our country, "Constellations" will head to Mexico, where it will be exposed from November.