Record auction for Magritte’s “Empire of Lights”: “It will be the most expensive painting in the world”

It has been exhibited all over the world, from Rome to Paris, from Seoul to San Francisco, to a long-term loan at the Musée Magritte in Brussels, from 2009 to 2020. Now that paradise for the eyes that is The empire of lights goes to auction at Sotheby’s, the superstar protagonist of the London sale on March 2nd. According to experts, it will sell well over 60 million dollars, making it the most expensive 20th century painting in the world.