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“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, bowler hats, eyes, and fictitious pipes—these are the five paintings by René Magritte that you need to know.
What’s black, white, and red all over? Janelle Monáe at the 2025 Met Gala.Swathed in Thom Browne, the Grammy-winning artist brought a masterclass in Black dandyism to the Met Gala red carpet ...
René Magritte’s surrealist masterpiece is his most recognized work—but you may never get to see the real thing. The man behind that floating apple and beneath that bowler hat is none other ...
The Art Gallery of New South Wales presents over 100 works by the Belgian surrealist in a landmark exhibition exclusive to Australia, as part of the Sydney International Art Series 2024–25.
The final work in the Art Gallery of New South Wales Magritte exhibition is a simple image on paper of a smoking pipe. Not that pipe of “This is not a pipe” fame (its title being The Treachery of ...
Magritte, who lived from 1898 to 1967, is known for his dreamlike takes on everyday objects, from smoking pipes to green apples to bowler hats. With this sale, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Magritte’s works, which capture everyday objects in decidedly unusual combinations, explore the boundary between reality and illusion. His penchant for bowler hats, a signature of his paintings ...