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Exhibitions

Surreal jokes and juicy strokes: Martin Gayford on the power of paint

17 March 2018

9:00 AM

17 March 2018

9:00 AM

René Magritte was fond of jokes. There are several in René Magritte (Or: The Rule of Metaphor), a small but choice exhibition at Luxembourg & Dayan, 2 Savile Row W1 (until 12 May), that includes numerous variations, accomplished and disturbing, on similar ideas to his famous ‘Ceci n’est pas une pipe’ painting.

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