“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 ...

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7. Magritte’s explanation of the painting’s theme was more oblique. Rene Magritte (holding a schipperke) and his wife Georgette Berger. | Apic/GettyImages In a 1965 radio interview, Magritte said: ...

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.