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Magritte

Name: Magritte
Start: 2025-01-04 00:00:00+11:00
End: 2025-02-09 00:00:00+11:00
Location: Art Gallery of New South Wales

Australia’s first retrospective of the celebrated surrealist

26 OCT – 9 FEB

Art Gallery of New South Wales Art Gallery Road, The Domain Sydney NSW 2000

$35

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Australia’s first retrospective of the celebrated surrealist

Art Gallery of New South Wales

René Magritte’s paintings of clouds, hats, pipes and apples are among the most recognisable images of surrealism. Renowned for his deadpan, realist style, the Belgian artist depicted ordinary objects and everyday settings, revealing them to be more mysterious and enchanting than we could ever have imagined.

Magritte is an in-depth retrospective featuring more than 100 works, most of which have never before been seen in Australia. It journeys from the artist’s first avant-garde explorations and commercial works in the 1920s, to his groundbreaking contributions to surrealism, his surprising provocations of the 1940s, and the renowned paintings of his final years, before his death in 1967.

Encounter iconic paintings that highlight Magritte’s profound influence on contemporary visual culture, and discover rarely seen works that reveal his subversive sense of humour and the fierce independence of his artistic vision.

An audio described tour is available on Wednesday 22 January. For more information, visit the Art Gallery of New South Wales website here.

Visual arts & installation Sydney Festival exclusive

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