“René Magritte: The Phantom Landscape,” at New York’s Luxembourg + Co. through July 12, asks us to put aside pipes, bowler hats, green apples, and clouds when we think of the Belgian ...

Apples appeared in many of Magritte’s works, including Ceci n’est pas une pomme (1964), Le prêtre marié (1961), The Listening Room (1952), and The Postcard (1960). 3.

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 ...

A painting by the 'Master of Surrealism' Rene Magritte has smashed the auction record for any of his works by selling for an astonishing $121 million at a Christie's auction in New York on Tuesday.

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 ...

After a ten minute bidding-battle, a painting from Magritte's "L'empire des lumières" ("Empire of Light") series has sold for a record breaking $121 million. The painting is known for its play on ...

Two other Magritte works were included in the sale: The paintings “La cour d’amour” and “La Mémoire,” which sold for $10.53 million and $3.68 million, respectively.

A day after Sotheby’s tested the strength of the trophy market with its $65.5 million Claude Monet, rival Christie’s did one better—by auctioning off a $121.2 million René Magritte.

Two other Magritte works went up for sale at the auction. Those paintings, La cour d’amour (1960) and La Mémoire (1945), sold for $10.53 million and $3.68 million respectively.