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René Magritte, Empire of Light

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Peggy Guggenheim Collection · Dorsoduro

René Magritte, Empire of Light

Now showingPermanent collection·€17

Magritte's Surrealist paradox: a darkened street and lamp-lit house beneath a bright daytime sky, a highlight of Peggy Guggenheim's collection.

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Gallerie dell'Accademia

Portrait of artist Lorna Simpson

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Punta della Dogana

Paulo Nazareth. Algebra exhibition image

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Façade of the Gallerie dell'Accademia, the former Scuola Grande della Carità, on Campo della Carità in Venice

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Punta della Dogana customs house at the tip of Dorsoduro seen from the Grand Canal, Venice

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The Grand Canal facade of Palazzo Grassi in Venice

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Image credits

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René Magritte, Empire of Light© René Magritte, by SIAE 2022
Leiko Ikemura. TransLucent — La forma della luce© Leiko Ikemura. Photo: Jörg von Bruchhausen
Lorna Simpson. Third PersonCourtesy of Punta della Dogana
Paulo Nazareth. AlgebraCourtesy of Punta della Dogana
Peggy Guggenheim CollectionG.Lanting / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova (Magazzino del Sale)Abxbay / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Gallerie dell'AccademiaDidier Descouens / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Punta della DoganaWolfgang Moroder / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Palazzo GrassiDidier Descouens / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

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