Rene Magritte painting ‘Empire of Light’ nets auction record of $121 million at Christie’s in New York
A painting by Rene Magritte shattered an auction record for the surrealist artist on Tuesday, selling for more than $121 million at Christie’s in New York. The seminal 1954 painting had been valued at $95 million, and the previous record for a work by Magritte (1898-1967) was $79 million, set in 2022. After a nearly … Read more