Four decades of work from master surrealist René Magritte arrives at Art Gallery of NSW

René Magritte’s The lovers (Les amants), is one of his most famous works and will be shown at the Art Gallery of NSW as part of an exhibition dedicated to the artist’s work. Photograph: AGNSW

More than four decades of work created by master surrealist René Magritte goes on display at the Art Gallery of NSW from Saturday, in the most comprehensive exhibition of the Belgian artist’s paintings ever seen in Australia.

Magritte, curated by Nicholas Chambers, draws works from as far afield as New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Sakura in Japan and the Magritte Foundation in Brussels. Works on loan from the National Gallery of Australia and the National Gallery of Victoria are also on display, including one of the artist’s most recognisable and unsettling works, The Lovers.