A painting by René Magritte is expected to sell for at least US$95 million at a Christie’s auction in November in New York. Titled L’empire des lumières, 1954, meaning “The Empire of Light ...

The Belgian Surrealist painter René Magritte has become the latest member of that exclusive club of artists whose work has sold for more than $100 million at auction.

A 1954 painting by René Magritte, L’empire des lumières, has just sold for $121.2 million. The painting surpassed its $95 million estimate at Christie’s New York this week, making it the ...

A painting by René Magritte is expected to sell for at least US$95 million at a Christie’s auction in November in New York. Titled L’empire des lumières, 1954, meaning “The Empire of Light ...

René Magritte is best known for his Surrealist masterpieces like The Son of Man (1964), which bend reality and subvert ...

A major work by surrealist painter Rene Magritte that hasn’t been shown in public for a quarter century could fetch 50 million pounds ($64 million) at auction next month.

An eerie nighttime streetscape below a pale blue daytime sky by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte, "The Empire of Light," sold for $121.2 million, a record for the artist, at an auction in New ...

A René Magritte painting depicting an eerily lit streetscape has smashed the auction record for the Surrealist artist’s work.

LONDON (AP) — A major work by surrealist painter René Magritte that hasn’t been shown in public for a quarter century could fetch 50 million pounds ($64 million) at auction next month.

See How René Magritte’s Dreamlike Paintings Evolved Over Four Decades at a New Exhibition in Australia The Art Gallery of New South Wales is showcasing works full of the Surrealist artist’s ...