René Magritte. The treachery of images  

Exhibition

10 February 2016 – 5 June 2017
Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt

Orga­nized in coop­er­a­tion with the Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne, Paris.

Very Magritte 01
Very Magritte 01
Very Magritte 02
Very Magritte 02
Very Magritte 06
Very Magritte 06
Very Magritte 03
Very Magritte 03
Very Magritte 07
Very Magritte 07
Very Magritte 09
Very Magritte 09
Very Magritte 010
Very Magritte 010
Very Magritte 11
Very Magritte 11
Very Magritte 12
Very Magritte 12
Very Magritte 13
Very Magritte 13
Very Magritte 14
Very Magritte 14
Very Magritte 15
Very Magritte 15
Very Magritte 16
Very Magritte 16
Ausstellungsansicht Treppenhaus
Ausstellungsansicht Treppenhaus

The exhi­bi­tion illu­mi­nates the key visual images that are concerned with the myth of inven­tion and the defi­n­i­tion of painting – and demon­strate the painter’s suspi­cion of simple answers and simple realism. On display are master­pieces from impor­tant inter­na­tional museums and collec­tions including Musée Magritte in Brus­sels, the Kunst­mu­seum Bern, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Menil Collec­tion in Houston, the Tate in London, the Metro­pol­itan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne and the National Gallery of Art in Wash­ington D.C.