La Mort de l’Amour
Levy Gorvy Dayan – Until December 20th, 2025
La mort de l’amour and Ménage à trois are two provocative and unprecedented exhibitions uniting the visionary work of Leonor Fini (1907–1996) and contemporary Polish artist Aleksandra Waliszewska (b. 1976). This marks the first major presentation of a large ensemble of paintings by Fini in London since 1967.
On the first floor of the gallery’s storied Mayfair townhouse (formerly the Empress Club), La mort de l’amour features important paintings by Fini and Waliszewska in dialogue. On the ground floor, Ménage à trois presents Fini and Waliszewska alongside Stanislao Lepri (1905–1980), whose work expands on their shared themes while also constituting a meaningful connection to Fini. Lepri was one of Fini’s two great loves, and she lived with him in a polyamorous relationship for four decades.
These presentations crucially underscore the agency of two women artists whose iconographies center on female desire and human mortality. Organized by Victoria Gelfand-Magalhaes (President, Europe) and curated by feminist art historian Alison M. Gingeras, La mort de l’amour and Ménage à trois invite viewers to witness a transgressive dialogue that blurs the boundaries between reality, fantasy, and delirium.
