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A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

The Magritte Machine

Feb 24 – June 5, 2022
Av. Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 6-8, 08038 Barcelona, Spain

“Everyday objects shriek aloud.” This quote, uttered by the prolific Surrealist painter René Magritte, demonstrates his deep fascination with ordinary things. The Belgian artist focused on such things—a bowler hat, a tuba, a pipe—and reproduced them again and again in dreamlike settings, often with a nod to his predecessor in metaphysics, Giorgio de Chirico. With around 90 paintings supported by a selection of films and photographs, this exhibition spotlights the repetitive nature of Magritte’s explorations. —Sabina Vitale

Photo courtesy of the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Madrid.