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Remedio Varos Exhibit Opens at MAM

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS     In 2002, an unbreakable bond between the artwork of the Mexican 20th century surrealist artist Remedios Varo and Mexico’s Modern Art Museum (MAM) was established when philanthropist Walter Grüen and his wife Anna Alexandra Varsoviano made an unprecedented donation of 39 of the late artist’s works. This year, that extraordinary collection was expanded even further with a

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Mexico’s Surrealism Through Feminine Eyes

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS     When the surrealist movement began in Europe in the early 1920s, it was a distinctly masculine style, led by the likes of André Breton, Salvador Dali and Joan Miró. But in 1930, the well-known Mexican painter and art historian José Miguel Covarrubias traveled to Europe with his new wife Rosa Rolanda, a U.S.-born photographer and choreographer he

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