René Magritte’s famous painting L’empire des Lumières (1954) fetched $121.2 million at Christie’s in New York on Tuesday night, setting a new auction record for the Belgian Surrealist painter. The ...

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 ...

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, ...

NEW YORK — An eerie nighttime streetscape below a pale blue daytime sky by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte sold for $121.2 million, a record for the artist, at an auction in New York. The ...

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 ...

A 1954 painting by René Magritte, L’empire des lumières, has just sold for $121.2 million. The painting surpassed its $95 million estimate at Christie’s New York this week, making it the first ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONDON (AP) — A major work by surrealist ...