René Magritte and the Bourgeois Shock of Surrealism
René Magritte built one of modern art’s most subversive careers from the calmest possible surface: a respectable suit, a tidy Brussels home, a legible painting style, and objects so ordinary they almost disappear on first glance. Then he shifted them a few inches away from common sense and made the whole visible world tremble.
March 31, 2026
