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title: "Magritte and the mystery of the world"
date: 2017-03-20
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url: "https://www.schirn.de/en/schirnmag/magritte-and-the-mystery-of-the-world-magritte-context-en/"
description: "How can we understand the phenomenon that is René Magritte? The artist’s collected writings are brimming with dreams, conversations, biographical anecdotes and artistic treatises that say a great deal about him."
image: "https://www.schirn.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Header_RMPoesie.jpg"
language: "en-US"
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# Magritte and the mystery of the world