Leonor Fini and dressing up: An act of creativity

The position of Leonor Fini (1907-1996) within art history is rather paradoxical; she is both visible and unknown, linked to a major aesthetic movement, but did not identify herself as being part of it. More often than not, when I mention her name I receive blank stares, yet her paintings appear in important collections across the globe, her work is frequently exhibited, and she appears in major publications on the women artists associated with the Surrealist movement......