Illustrated Art Talk: Rene Magritte by Ed Glinert

Free art talk about Belgium surrealist painter Rene Magritte.This is not a pipe. No, its a painting called This is Not a Pipe. Rene Magritte (1898-1967) was the straight-laced, traditionally middle-class surrealist painter, the exact opposite of the flamboyant, extravagant Salvador Dali. His paintings of intense clarity pit everyday objects and situations in ridiculous settings: a train emerging from a fireplace; a young man looking into a mirror seeing not his reflection, but himself looking into a mirror. The everyday mixed up and set in the wrong place. Arts Society lecturer and Manchester tour guide Ed Glinert reveals and explains Magrittes distorted world.About Ed:Author: "Manchester: The Biography", the first ever major history of the city, published by Great Northern Books.
Award-winning Manchester, London, Liverpool tour guide & historian.
Winner: "Best Manchester Walking City Tour Operator 2023" in the European Travel Awards.
Qualified to guide by the Institute of Tourist Guiding.
Websites: newmanchesterwalks.com [http://www.newmanchesterwalks.com/], newlondonwalks.com [http://newlondonwalks.co.uk/],
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Arts Society lecturer
Journalism: 40 years experience. Co-founder City Life, production Radio Times, launch production editor Mojo, 12 years with Private Eye.
Art talk by local historian Ed Glinert.Free entry, booking essential.Event organised by Stockport Art Guild.Refreshments will be available.You can reserve up to 2 tickets per purchase.Date:Sunday 3rd May 2026.
Time:Arrive 1.45pm for a 2.00pm start.
Event finishes approximately at 3.00pm with Q&A.Location:Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery, Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK3 8AB.Wheelchair access available.Lift.stockportartguild.com [https://www.stockportartguild.com/]
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'The treachery of images (This is not a pipe)' by Rene Magritte (1928-1929) Source: Wilkipedia