The Man who Fell to Earth

René Magritte’s L’ami intime (The Intimate Friend), 1958, goes up for auction at Christie’s in London, UK, with an estimated price of £30m-£50m ($37m-$63m). Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP.

One-way mirror

A visitor looks at The False Mirror by the Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte in the Centre Pompidou-Metz in Metz, France. Photo: Jean-Christophe Verhaegen/AFP/Getty Images.

A Platonic Love

René Magritte, Les Amants (IV), 1928. Photo: Private collection via DailyArt Magazine.

Rainman

Here’s Pluie (Rain), Jean-Michel Folon’s three-meter statue which was gifted to the city of Florence in 2002 to be displayed at the centre of the roundabout between Lungarno Aldo Moro and Via Enrico De Nicola. The Rainman’s raincoat has withstood the stress of time, but his “umbrella”, which ought to be a fountain of eternal rain, is dried up, without a drop of water. Art is thirsty, alas!, life is dry. Unfortunately, because Quarter 2’s king Midas claims to be able to turn a damp, foul-smelling catacomb into a multi-sports hub only through his supernatural power, by virtue of which he is king.

Journeys

Just wandering on a half-sunny day at The Rose Garden in Florence amidst the sculptures of Jean-Michel Folon. From top to bottom, in order of appearance: Partir (2005), Chat-Oiseau (1994), Méditerranée (2001), Je Me Souviens (2003), Vivre (2002), and Chat (1996). Photos: Mado Flynn.

《愛撤防》 (Love Disarm’d)

René Magritte, L’Amour Désarmé (Love Disarmed), 1935. Private collection. Courtesy of The New Criterion, November 2013 issue.

La corde sensible

René Magritte, La corde sensible, 1960
Photo: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images

比賽造假 (Truqué)

René Magritte (Les Amants, 1928)

Les nuages, c’est quoi?

René Magritte, Le Genre Nocturne, 1928. Photo: Damian Griffiths/© ADAGP/DACS.

25ème Pensée

Jean-Michel Folon, 25ème Pensée, 1999. Photo: Mado Flynn.