Discover The Treachery of Images by René Magritte

A pipe, a sentence and a playful challenge to the way we see. Painted in 1929, René Magritte’s The Treachery of Images pairs a carefully depicted pipe with the words “Ceci n’est pas une pipe”, meaning “This is not a pipe”.

The apparent contradiction is the point: this is an image of a pipe, not an object you could hold or smoke. With a simple composition and an unexpected statement, the Belgian surrealist invites us to question the relationship between words, pictures and reality.

One of Magritte’s most recognisable works, it brings wit and curiosity to art for everyday life.

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