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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2009 9:47:39 GMT
 The René Magritte Museum opened this month on Place Royale in Bruxelles. It has the largest collection of Magritte works in the world, only normal I suppose. |
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 21, 2009 14:11:12 GMT
Oh my goodness! Is that the actual building in the first picture, or a painting of a building that looks like a painting? Just wonderful. Have you been to the museum?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2009 14:37:46 GMT
That is the museum building. (That is not the museum building; that is a photograph of it.) (That is not a photograph; that is a digital representation of a photograph.) (That is not a digital representation; that is an image in your brain.)
I have not had a chance to visit yet but it is too crowded now. It will be better after summer.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2009 14:41:39 GMT
Maybe this not-a-photograph will assist in understanding.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2009 14:49:18 GMT
And already tagged  |
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 21, 2009 16:27:41 GMT
I love it! It must have taken ages to paint the building. Were there gawkers, or was it all covered from the public eye?
(Sorry for all the questions. Perhaps you weren't in Brussels when this was going up.)
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Post by lola on Sept 22, 2009 16:30:12 GMT
That is great. Printed onto panels, I wonder, rather than pained onto the building?
My father had a book of Magritte reproductions that I used to be fascinated by as a kid.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2009 16:38:21 GMT
I read that the covering has now been taken off the museum. Can you confirm this, fulgenzio?
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Post by lola on Sept 22, 2009 16:58:41 GMT
Well, it would be an eye-catching opening gambit anyway. Glad I got to see the photo I mean the image reflected on my retina.
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Post by bjd on Sept 22, 2009 18:18:48 GMT
I can confirm that the cover has been removed. I went especially to see it in Brussels and was disappointed to see it was gone -- the cover, not the museum.
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Post by lola on Sept 22, 2009 19:40:21 GMT
foo. sorry, bjd.
How was the museum?
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Post by lola on Sept 26, 2009 3:25:02 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 26, 2009 4:23:19 GMT
That's gonna look real nice over your sofa, Lola.
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Post by lola on Sept 26, 2009 14:20:34 GMT
Considering your color scheme is so important when choosing which art to steal.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 26, 2009 15:41:24 GMT
Yes, but I feel if one manages to acquire a really exceptional piece, it's worth changing the drapes to match it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2009 15:45:42 GMT
Now you'll never be able to invite your friends who work at Interpol.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 26, 2009 15:53:51 GMT
They'll simply have to be content with gazing upon my fetching mug shots.
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