From November 15, 2025 to February 22, 2026, the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten (KMSKA) in Antwerp presents the exhibition Magritte. La ligne de vie.
It was at the KMSKA, in 1938, that René Magritte gave a lecture destined to become a fundamental moment in the definition of his poetics. On that occasion the artist made explicit his vision of reality, analyzing the origins and development of his creative path and also dwelling on the history of the Surrealist movement in Belgium. It was his second public lecture after the one he gave at the International Exhibition of Surrealism in London, but it remained the most important one on his work-a true manifesto of his understanding of art.
The exhibition Magritte. La ligne de vie ideally takes up that conference, turning Magritte into a kind of curator of himself. In fact, the exhibition brings together a selection of works that were also presented during the 1938 conference to allow the public to reread his theoretical reflection through the images he chose as examples. The itinerary thus invites visitors to enter the artist’s mind, relating his words to his visual production.
Another aspect explored by the exhibition is Magritte’s role as a linking figure between Antwerp and Brussels surrealism. In this connection, figures such as Marcel Mariën and Léo Dohmen emerge, whose activity testifies to the vibrancy and complexity of the movement in its various city variations.
Magritte. La ligne de vie is a project of the KMSKA carried out in collaboration with the Fondation René Magritte.
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| At KMSKA in Antwerp, an exhibition on Magritte and the surrealist movement in Belgium |
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