The Guadalajara Reporter

Cabañas showcases two artists and their mid-20th century milieu

The friendship and work of two artists of international stature is the focus of a show at Guadalajara’s Instituto Cultural Cabañas, “Un encuentro de dos culturas” [An encounter of two cultures], which exhibits paintings, drawings and sculptures by Tamara Lempicka and Victor Manuel Contreras.

Lempicka, described as charming, sophisticated and fashionable, was 43 years older than Contreras when the two were introduced in 1958 at a gathering at the home of Prince Youssoupoff in Paris. Contreras, only 17, had been sent from his native Mexico for artistic education.

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