In October, 1924, André Breton published the Surrealist Manifesto in Paris, demanding a break from the conformities of the past and arguing for an art that pulled liberally from Freud, Dadaism, and ...

The latest canvas to surface was consigned by Louise Riggio, the widow of Len Riggio, the founder of Barnes and Noble and longtime chairman of the Dia Art Foundation, who died last year, aged 83.

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René Magritte, "L'empire des lumières" (1954), oil on canvas, 57 1/4 x 44 1/2 inches (145.4 x 113 cm) (image courtesy Christie's, New York) As this year's centennial celebrations of Surrealism come to ...

Long before face filters and dancing hot dogs could alter the way we see the world and ourselves, there was already a group of people experimenting with the notion of the "real": surrealist artists.

A visitor looks at the painting "The Finery of the Storm" (1927) by artist Rene Magritte during the private opening of the exhibition "Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary" at The Museum of Modern ...

Belgian surrealist René Magritte’s Le seize septembre, 1957, soared past a high estimate of $10 million to land on a final price, with fees, of $19.6 million at Christie’s impressionist and modern art ...

This image, of two little boys absolutely spackled with goo, appears on page 11 of Alex Danchev’s new biography, Magritte: A Life, and would not leave my mind until I had turned the final one. It ...

LONDON — A major work by surrealist painter René Magritte that hasn’t been shown in public for a quarter century could fetch 50 million pounds ($64 million) at auction next month. Christie’s auction ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Belgian painter Rene Magritte's work, featuring men in bowler hats, mysterious landscapes and bright blue skies, may be familiar to many art lovers, but a new exhibition focuses ...