Any parent could tell you that. The things they say and do can be completely off the wall and reflect a different reality than the one that we experience — and then we train it out of them, and wonder ...

This image, of two little boys absolutely spackled with goo, appears on page 11 of Alex Danchev’s new biography, Magritte: A Life, and would not leave my mind until I had turned the final one. It ...

Celebrated Belgian surrealist René Magritte (1898-1967) was famously opaque. His public image—the average man in suit and hat, dwelling in the suburban anonymity of Brussels—seemed designed to deflect ...

A question asked repeatedly as a joke: How many Belgians can you name? Well, here is one: René Magritte, surrealist. Alex Danchev, author of Magritte: A Life, may not be a household name but is well ...

The artist’s “L’empire des lumières” sold for a massive $121 million, and experts hope the large number could be a sign of renewal for a struggling art market Julia Binswanger Daily Correspondent A ...