Gagosian will dedicate a major London exhibition to René Magritte and his lasting influence on contemporary art, opening during Frieze week at the gallery's Grosvenor Hill space.
Titled This Is Still Not a Pipe: The Afterlife of Magritte, the show opens on September 24 and brings together paintings, works on paper, sculpture, and photography. Alongside key loans from museums and private collections, the presentation will include newly commissioned works by living artists, creating a dialogue between Magritte's visual language and today's creative practices.
The exhibition is curated by Jasper Sharp and Bernard Lagrange in collaboration with Charly Herscovici, president of the Fondation Magritte, with support from other scholars. Gagosian says the full list of participating contemporary artists will be announced in the coming months.
Among the featured works is La Lampe philosophique (1936), a painting often read as a conceptual self-portrait and previously included in a landmark Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibition focused on Magritte's relationship with contemporary art.
The London project also marks two milestones: the 20th anniversary of that LACMA exhibition and the 90th anniversary of London's 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition, a key moment in Magritte's international rise. Running through December 12, the show arrives as the city's art calendar builds momentum around Frieze London. It points to a future where classic surrealism continues to inspire new forms of visual culture.
