Courtauld loans bring a £33.66m Magritte back into public view
Man Ray and Picasso join the Reuben Collection display. Auction records clarify the history of Magritte’s L’ami intime, while its route into the lending collection remains unconfirmed.
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René Magritte, L’Ami Intime (The Intimate Friend), 1958. Oil on canvas, 72.6 × 64.9 cm. Reuben Collection.© 2026 ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London. Image published by the Courtauld. Source. 
Robert Rauschenberg, Rasputin’s Revenge Early Winter Glut, 1987. On display at Tate Modern.© Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Photo: Ron Amstutz. Source. Rauschenberg’s donated Gluts bring scrap metal and dance to Tate
Three Foundation gifts anchor the ARTIST ROOMS display. One appeared in a dealer’s priced preview last year, leaving its route from commercial offer to donation unexplained.