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07/19/2018

“The Enchanted Domain”, Magritte’s panorama on display at SFMOMA

Featuring more than 70 artworks in nine immersive and thematic galleries, the exhibition “René Magritte: The Fifth Season” at SFMOMA this summer explores how the artist balanced irony and conviction, philosophy and fantasy, to illuminate the gaps between what we see and what we know. This exhibition features “The Enchanted Domain”, a surrealist panorama created …

07/02/2018

Woman with the head of roses, one of Salvador Dalí’s most striking figures

The Spanish painter Salvador Dalí is well known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. The melting clocks, the lobster telephones, the praying mantis, the long-legged horses and elephants, the ants and the crutches are some of the most striking images figures that can be found in Dalí’s works.

05/30/2018

Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: auctions at Christie’s to benefit charities

May 2018 — On Tuesday 8th, the collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller became the most expensive estate in history, after an evening sale of 44 works by European masters at Christie’s New York which totaled $646 million, making it also the highest-grossing Impressionist and Modern sale ever held.

03/03/2017

La Corde Sensible : Magritte painting breaks record at Christie’s Surrealist sale

“The mood was high at Christie’s last night after the total haul for the evening’s Impressionist & Modern and Surreal auctions—£136.9m with fees and a high combined sell through rate of 92%—showed a 45% increase on results this time last year. Jay Vincze, the head of Impressionist and Modern art for Christie’s London, called this …

06/15/2016

Jean-Pierre Tachier-Fortin: Retrospective exhibition

“In 2016, Jean-Pierre Tachier-Fortin had the pleasure to present a two-month retrospective of his career at Foucaud’s Castle – Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Gaillac (France). This exhibition was a tribute of the Parisian painter to his hometown, Toulouse, and to his family roots, in Gaillac. This exhibition has been matured and …