Varo in WSJ today

[Dave Monroe]

In Mexican Court, Life Imitates Art

Four decades after a Spanish-born surrealist's death,
39 of her best works are on a journey through the
surreal corridors of Mexican justice....

http://online.wsj.com/public/us

Cheapskates, can't access without a sub.  Ditto ...

http://www.arts-history.mx/login_pago.php?URL=/editorial/index.php?id_editorial=122

But here's some background ...

Varo Estate Locked in Surreal Legal Battle
(LA Times, May 18)

A treasure trove of 39 works by Surrealist painter
Remedios Varo currently housed in Mexico City's Museum
of Modern Art is now in legal limbo as to who is the
rightful owner. The dispute pits Varo's niece against
Varo's former lover and Mexico's National Institute of
Fine Arts. Varo's niece won a crucial ruling in March,
but the decision has been appealed. 

http://www.artkrush.com/mailer/issue07/

The link there doesn't work, but ... but I wanted to
see The Wall Street Journal do one of those black 'n'
white stipple illustartions of one of the paintings
...

--- pynchonoid <pynchonoid at yahoo.com> wrote:

> ...front page, re surreal legal dispute surrounding
> her paintings.

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