Visually, this is a very simple work of art. There are just two elements, both clearly rendered: a pipe, and a caption that reads Ceci n’est pas une pipe (This is not a pipe). But how can we reconcile ...

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is presenting the first major exhibition to fully explore the impact of Belgian surrealist artist Rene Magritte's work on U.S. and European artists of the postwar ...

A René Magritte painting depicting an eerily lit streetscape sold for more than $121 million at a Christie’s auction in New York on Tuesday –– surpassing its $95 million estimate and smashing the ...

Shown with their Magritte-inspired artwork are, sitting from left: Mateo Zangardi, Robert Prunka, Anthonella Pero, Layla Adams, and Jacob Stewart. Standing: John DeCavage, Easton Paul, Charlotte ...

René Magritte, "Arlita / Chanson Lumineuse," sheet music cover (C. 1925). 13 1/4x10 1/2 inches, 33 1/2x26 3/4 cm. Many people are well aware of René Magritte’s Surrealist art with his erie figures, ...

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. “Empire of Lights, ...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Surrealist Manifesto, a 1924 text penned by writer André Breton that characterized the revolutionary cultural movement. To mark the occasion, Christie's is ...

Wonderful and amazing is the way to describe "Rene Magritte: The Fifth Season," a fab new show at SFMOMA that kicks off the summer art season with panache. The museum is the sole venue for an ...

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