Magritte Paintings Sells for Tens of Millions

Surreal thing. “The Empire of Light,” a painting by Surrealist René Magritte (1898–1967), sold for a whopping $79.75 million (£59.4 million) in a recent Sotheby’s London auction. The work depicts a dark and moody nighttime street scene set under a bright daylight sky. The 1961 piece set the record for 1) the most expensive Magritte […]