The $1.51 million renovations to the Latrobe Regional Gallery (LRG) in Morwell will be officially opened on 15 July this year. LRG have annouced that they will host a world-class exhibition of photographs and films, never before seen in Australia, by major Belgian Surrealist, René Magritte. The exhibition will be staged in collaboration with the Magritte Foundation Belgium. René Magritte: The Revealing Image will show at LRG from 19 August – 19 November 2017.
Image: René Magritte, René Magritte and The Barbarian (Le Barbare), London Gallery, London, 1938 Private collection, Courtesy Brachot Gallery, Brussels. Original photograph, 43.2 x 33.
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