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Born in 1898, René Magritte enjoyed an illustrious five-decade career, painting until his death aged just 68 in the late 1960s. He is one of the world’s most famous Surrealists, instantly ...
Belgian Museum Week kicks off on Monday 12 May, offering visitors the chance to vote for the 'Museum Piece of the Year', and discover all the history and culture the country has to offer in the lead ...
Until quite recently, we’ve come to know the Surrealist movement as being dominated by male artists, with Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp and René Magritte being the typically familiar names. Indeed, ...
The Swatch Le Fils De L’Homme by René Magritte (buy now) is a wearable piece of surrealist art, perfect for lovers of mystery and whimsy. Best mechanical Swatch The Swatch Scuba Fifty Fathoms Blue ...
Two sketches on letters written by surrealist Rene Magritte to poet Colinet. Photo by Tim Ireland/PA Images via Getty Images. This isn’t just a lawyer’s over-literal reading.
Belgian painter René Magritte forged a reputation for wit and whimsy, but none of his works captured the world’s imagination as intensely as Le Fils de l’Homme (The Son of Man).Even viewers ...
Magritte, AGNSW. Belgian artist René Magritte made groundbreaking contributions to surrealism from the 1920s to the ’60s. His most famous works – such as The Listening Room (1952) and The Lovers (1928 ...
US News: René Magritte's iconic painting, "Empire of Light," shattered auction records, selling for over $121 million. The sale highlighted a surge in the art ...
The seminal 1954 painting had been valued at $95 million, and the previous record for a work by Magritte (1898-1967) was $79 million, set in 2022. Aim to see more clearly: The Lovers I by Rene ...