Robert Diamant

But actually, he knew way more than he'd even told himself that he knew.

And he spoke about this painting anyway that he cried in front of.

And it was like a really moving moment.

Have you ever had any times in museums or with art or, I don't know, any kind of cultural experience that really impacted you emotionally?

I found out what it is because I actually know what it is.

I haven't seen it since that day oh my god it might unlock something I mean it's from 1927 it's called Young Girl Eating a Bird and it's by René Magritte and Magritte was Belgian I think wasn't he and yeah I mean I've got it here for you look and I

And it's his most gruesome painting, apparently, that he ever did.

And it's a companion piece to The Murderer's Sky, which depicts four identical bloody dying birds flying in front of a mountain of rocks.

I mean, this is like full on.

That's an amazing, amazing painting.

Wow.

So apparently the Belgian artist Magritte, one day he saw his wife eating a chocolate bird and he decided he'd do a painting of a young woman eating a live bird.

Evidently, he decided not to use an accurate portrait of Georgette, who's his wife, because of the graphic nature of the subject material.

I mean, how mad is that?

That's crazy.

I mean, he was known for making these very surreal kind of paintings.

I mean, Magritte's obviously really famous, but that's actually quite an obscure Magritte painting, probably because it's so sort of odd.

But also there's meant to be a connection to a poem by a guy called Paul Nuge, who wrote in a similar time.

And apparently the poem and the painting have been connected.

I love that.