Current sectionIsrael NewsRené Magritte's The Castle of the Pyrenees, a surrealist masterpiece considered among the most important works of 20th-century art, was not protected by special barriers when a child visiting Jerusalem's Israel Museum approached it with a pine coneShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe05:13 PM • June 08 2026 IDTOne of the Israel Museum's most prized artworks, René Magritte's iconic 1959 painting The Castle of the Pyrenees, has disappeared from public view after a young visitor accidentally damaged it during a family visit.CommentsIn the NewsToo Surreal? Magritte Masterpiece Punctured by Pine Cone at Israel MuseumNetanyahu May Find His Way Back From Trump's Humiliation, but Back to What?Iran and Israel Exchange Fire, and 'Trump Is Fed Up'Despite Iranian Missiles, Israelis Continue to Fly Out of Ben-Gurion AirportTwo Government Officials Questioned Over Threats Against Party Man's DismissalRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMI'We Were Ordered to Kill': The 1967 Nakba That Israelis Don't Know About'Israel Is Unstoppable, We Need Other Countries to Get Us Out of This''Fucking Crazy': Trump Lashes Out at Netanyahu Over Lebanon, Report SaysThe Paradigm That Led to Oct. 7 Didn't Collapse, It Was Fiction From the StartGermany Is Paying a Price for Its Sweeping Support for IsraelHow the U.S. Air Force Is Turning Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport Into Its Own Base