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Great Art Explained S4E7 — René Magritte

Great Art Explained•Season 4•Episode 7

René Magritte

Oct 6, 2023

In The Lovers II, by Magritte, he takes the cinematic cliché but disrupts our voyeuristic pleasure by covering the faces in cloth. A moment of connection becomes one of isolation, of sexual frustration. An intimate moment becomes something dark and effortlessly disturbing. Something hidden and

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Episode Summary

"René Magritte" is episode 7 of Great Art Explained season 4. It aired on October 6, 2023.

Next: E8 · Dorothea Tanning Best of Season 4