Marcel Duchamp by Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1968 Promised gift of Barbara and Aaron Levine Hirshhorn, Cathy Carver © Association Marcel Duchamp / ADAGP, Paris / Artists ...
Marcel Duchamp’s “Fountain” is not for everyone – and it does not need to be. But it does encapsulate a central concern in the philosophy of art: What makes something art, and who gets to decide?
This stately Georgian home in Washington, D.C., is filled to the brim with art. But its owners may be hard-pressed to describe the artworks' visual qualities. "They're not beautiful," said Aaron ...
In November, a banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million. For some, Comedian, as Maurizio Cattelan’s creation was known, was a clever work of genius. David Galperin, head of contemporary art ...
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MoMA plans a retrospective for Marcel Duchamp, the Dada artist who was unimpressed with his own masterpieces
The French American artist Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968) made a splash when his Fountain, an impishly repurposed porcelain urinal, was rejected by a major New York art show in 1917. But while he became a ...
Topsy-turvy went the urinal, and the modestly scaled, infinitely scandalous art landmark “Fountain” was born. Up went the snow shovel, dangling from a ceiling, and suddenly the world had another new ...
The Museum of Modern Art has an impressive Marcel Duchamp show right now, and Gagosian is showing him, too. What can one still say about him that hasn’t been said? Let’s see. I come to Duchamp with an ...
Four finalists have been nominated for the 2025 Marcel Duchamp Prize: Xie Lei, Bianca Bondi, Eva Nielsen and Lionel Sabatté. The 25th edition of the Marcel Duchamp Prize will be held at the Musée ...
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