A day after Sotheby’s tested the strength of the trophy market with its $65.5 million Claude Monet, rival Christie’s did one better—by auctioning off a $121.2 million René Magritte. “Empire of Lights,

An enigmatic painting of a nighttime streetscape under a pale blue daytime sky by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte sold for $121.2 million at an auction in New York.

A René Magritte painting depicting an eerily lit streetscape has smashed the auction record for the Surrealist artist’s work.

This is the first time that a painting by the Belgian artist René Magritte sells for more than $100 million. View on euronews

Darkened trees pierce into white cumulus clouds lingering in a pastel-blue sky, as we gaze intently at a street scene oscillating between day and night.

The previous record for Magritte was $79 million, established in 2022, with the latest painting valued at $95 million prior to the auction.

Rene Magritte’s painting "L’empire des lumières" fetched $121.2 million at Christie’s New York, a new record for the Belgian Surrealist.

An oil painting by Belgian artist René Magritte on Tuesday set a new record for the most expensive Surrealist work, selling for US$121mil (RM541mil) in New York, auction house Christie's said.

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.

A painting by the surrealist artist René Magritte was sold to an undisclosed buyer for $121.2 million at Christie’s in New York, setting a new record for the artist at auction and becoming the biggest-ticket lot of this year’s New York November sales season.