Thursday, 01-Aug-2024


In my last post, I mentioned that the Brussels art museum is split into multiples, which let me focus in on the specific type that I enjoy most – Older, historic paintings, primarily landscapes with pretty lighting. Well, next door to that one was a museum that’s more focused on surrealism… specifically that of René Magritte.

It’s named the Musée Magritte Museum.

Which… I’m pretty sure is an inaccurate translation by Google, since I’m like 90% sure that just translates to “museum Magritte museum”. This is the future, though, and so I cede my expectations to the whims of our AI overlords, and I’m just gonna dive right into pictures from the museum.

So… yeah.

I went through this one pretty quickly. I was already fairly saturated with museuming after the primary art museum, surrealism isn’t really my thing, and… well, it’s a museum dedicated completely to a single artist, and that gets a little bit dull after the first five rooms.

Don’t get me wrong – I’m in awe of the cultural impact that he had! And some of the paintings were really cool! But… yeah.

Also – you may note, dear readers, that “Son of Man”, the painting of the guy in a suit with an apple over his face? Clearly showing that René just wasn’t feeling like painting faces that day? It’s not here.

Nope. Nowhere in the museum. I fact, it’s owned by a private collector who (as far as I can tell) remains nameless. Neat.