René Magritte – A Surrealist

René Magritte – A Surrealist Who Turns the Familiar into a Mystery

René Magritte, a surrealist, turns the ordinary into a puzzle. His reality deceives our eyes, and his irony makes us both smile and reflect.

Clean lines and calm colors conceal questions without answers. A thinker, a joker, a visionary, and a great artist who clearly shows us that we should not always trust our eyes, but we should always admire the world with them.

• What exactly did Magritte bring to art, how did he change its perception by the audience, and how was his surrealism and earlier work received?
• How did his work in advertising, love for detective stories and cinema shape his painting style?
• What sets him apart from other artists, and how did he manage to be a rebel without starting a rebellion?
• What is the meaning of the objects in his paintings, and how did his childhood drama evolve into a symbol of love in his art?

The lecture will be conducted by Pasha Rost – painter, illustrator, and graduate of the Florence Academy of Art, Faculty of Academic Painting.