Why Magritte Matters

Sarah Whitfield a Londonbased independent art historian writer and curator is coauthor of the Magritte catalogue raisonné and editor of René Magritte Newly Discovered Works She was the curator of the 1992 Magritte retrospective and author of its catalogue The second in an annual series named in honor of the late Menil trustee Marion Barthelme Fort each year this Lecture Series invites a distinguished speaker to discuss an artist in the museums collection Magritte The Mystery of the Ordinary 19261938 2014