The Secret Player, 1927, oil on canvas, 152 x 195 cm
© Charly Herscovici, with his kind authorization – c/o SABAM-ADAGP, 2009

Last week Brussels opened a long-overdue cultural attraction in the city. Housed in a neoclassical building close to the Royal Palace is now the Magritte Museum in a 2500 m² space.
It’s part of a complex of buildings that make up the Royal Museums of Fine Art and the renovated interior displays about 200 works, from paintings to drawings, to photographs, advertising posters, and sculptures.
In addition to presenting Magritte’s works, the 10-million-euro building also shows the surrealist spirit of the artist by replacing windows with paintings of clouds on a blue sky.
The collection (the largest of the artist) is the result of loans by public and private institutions in addition to purchases by the Royal Museums of Fine Arts, and visitors can also get access to archives through an online research center presenting the painter’s life and art. And starting in 2011 there will also be space for temporary exhibitions relating to the different aspects of Magritte’s work, including his connections to other artists such as Miró and Dali.

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