For a 1953 Dada exhibition, Marcel Duchamp designed a one-page catalogue meant to be crumpled up and tossed in the trash. Marcel Duchamp, “Dada 1916–1923 / Sidney Janis” (1953) (all images courtesy ...
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 ...
A French man has been ordered to pay a large fine for cracking one of Marcel Duchamp's most famous works of art with a hammer. The man says Duchamp would have approved of his "performance art." A ...
[REBROADCAST FROM April 29, 2026] The first American retrospective of the work of pioneering artist Marcel Duchamp in 50 years has landed at the MoMA. Curators Ann Temkin and Michelle Kuo discuss the ...
MONA Lisa with mustache? Check. Bicycle wheel on stool? Got it. Autographed urinal? You bet. Marcel Duchamp and gang are back in what’s bound to be the biggest museum blockbuster this summer: “Dada,” ...
Grandparents often tend to that which has been orphaned in children, those parts of us that are neglected, thwarted or in rebellion against the parental bond. The relation between Marcel Duchamp, the ...
A version of ‘Fountain’ is part of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s permanent collection and will appear in the Duchamp ...
“Will that be cash, check, or artwork?” In 1919, Marcel Duchamp, originator of readymade art, chose to pay his dentist by check. But not any check—a beautiful forgery, created entirely by hand. Tzanck ...
The curious thing about the readymade is that I’ve never been able to arrive at a definition or explanation that fully satisfies me. There’s still magic in the idea .. . . Opulently inked on top-shelf ...