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Liz Hobday

The surreal world of René Magritte comes to Australia

An exhibition of René Magritte's work is opening at the Art Gallery of NSW in a first for Australia. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

A pipe, a green apple, a man in a bowler hat: the visual language of surrealist René Magritte is among the most recognisable of any artist.

It's so ingrained in our culture that people often experience a sense of deja vu standing in front of his paintings, according to Nicholas Chambers from the Art Gallery of NSW.

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