Magritte's 'The Empire of Light' sells for a record $121M at auction in New York An enigmatic painting of a nighttime streetscape under a pale blue daytime sky by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte sold for $121.2 million at an auction in New York Original Source: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/magrittes-empire-light-sells-record-121m-auction-new-116052679