By Joseph Lawrence for Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
Brussels, Belgium, circa 1966. The challenge had come without warning. On one side of the board sat a handsome, somewhat mysterious man, a self-proclaimed chess champion from the birthplace of the game itself. On the other sat René Magritte, the famous Belgian Surrealist artist. Perched on [...]
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RETURN OF THE SEEKER
June 14, 2010 – 4:09 pm
BRUSSELS in 72 HOURS: DAYS 3 & 4
March 8, 2010 – 10:47 am
Day 3:
A perfect day for museums…drizzly and overcast. Grabbing umbrellas from the hotel we headed to the new Magritte Museum, www.musee-magritte-museum.be which just opened in June of 2009. Part of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and located at the Place Royale, the museum is totally dedicated to Belgium’s greatest 20th century artist, [...]