MEXICO CITY.- President Felipe Calderón inaugurated
the Tamara de Lempicka Exhibition at the Palace of Fine Arts,
adding that during his government, an enormous effort has been made to
enable Mexicans to discover and enjoy great national and international
exhibitions, some of which have been unparalleled. He said that Tamara de
Lempicka belongs to the great 20th Century women painters who were
attracted to Mexico and found refuge and a source of inspiration here,
such as Remedios Varo, Leonora Carrington and Alice Rahon. Of Tamara de
Lempicka, the President said that her fascinating, avant-garde plastic
discourse made her one of the main exponents of Art Déco. The
exhibition gathers 48 paintings, 15 works on paper and 21 photographs,
that come from private collections in France, Belgium, Germany, Spain,
United States and Mexico. It is important to mention that Jack Nicholson’s
collection has been included in the show.