Who Was René Magritte and Why Is He Still So Important?
Belgian Surrealist René Magritte's work has always held our attention and continues to intrigue.
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Belgian Surrealist René Magritte's work has always held our attention and continues to intrigue.
“L’empire des lumières” (1961), one of a series by the Surrealist, was auctioned during a bustling London art week.
Described as one of the most "definitive images of Surrealist art," René Magritte’s L’empire des lumières captured an artist record price of £59.4 million ($79.8 million) at Sotheby’s on Wednesday. The Belgian Surrealist's previous record was $26.8 million, landed by Le Principe du Plaisir (1937) at Sotheby’s in 2018. L’empire des lumières depicts a mysterious streetscape, seemingly both in day and night, and is one of the largest of 17 such works begun in 1948. The ...
One of Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte’s most famous works sold in a London auction for a record €71.4m (€61.9m without auction fees) on Wednesday.
Three Banksy pieces belonging to singer Robbie Williams have gone on display ahead of a sale next month at Sotheby’s, as part of a series of modern and contemporary art auctions.