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Magritte balanced irony and conviction, philosophy and fantasy to illuminate the gaps between what is seen and what is known. The selected works on display reveal Magritte as an artist acutely attuned to the paradoxes at work within reality and an enduring champion of the role of mystery in life and art.--Artinfo

Magritte balanced irony and conviction, philosophy and fantasy to illuminate the gaps between what is seen and what is known. The selected works on display reveal Magritte as an artist acutely attuned to the paradoxes at work within reality and an enduring champion of the role of mystery in life and art.--Artinfo ... a grand success on its own terms: a well chosen, carefully researched, beautifully designed reconsideration of an artist we thought we knew.--Charles Desmarais SF Chronicle Magritte's power rests in his unpretentiousness. Instead of saying I see things that you don't, he says, You've probably seen this, too, but maybe you haven't noticed that you've seen it.--Peter Plagens Wall Street Journal Magritte's artful paradoxes, where they do not over-invest in mystery, bring concreteness, a slow pace and friction back to our scrutiny of depiction. They reawaken, as he implied by calling himself a philosophical painter, age-old questions about what the senses apprehend, what awareness and reflection contribute, and how we know.--Kenneth Baker Art Newspaper His best late paintings ... are like philosophical questions clearly posed -- but always by an unreliable narrator. They are Zen koans. Riddles you can't crack.--Sebastian Smee Washington Post

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Caitlin Haskell is the Gary C. and Frances Comer Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago. Caitlin Haskell is the Gary C. and Frances Comer Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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