As this year’s centennial celebrations of Surrealism come to a close, Belgian painter René Magritte’s “L’empire des lumières” (1954) sold for a whopping $121.16 million at Christie’s on Tuesday, ...
The previous record for a Magritte painting was $121 million set at Sotheby’s in March 2022. Magritte’s Empire of Light, 1954, which sold for a world record $185 million.Credit: Alamy Stock ...