Contemporary art always brings out visceral feelings about the definition of art — to some people, a wheel sitting on a stool could never be considered art. As a foil to this belief, Marcel Duchamp ...
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 ...
From the signed urinal to "Nude Descending a Staircase", Marcel Duchamp continues to influence contemporary art. A new exhibition at the Barbican Arts Centre, London, shows the extent of the his ...
In 1915, Marcel Duchamp bought a snow shovel at a hardware store in New York City. He inscribed his signature and the date on its wooden handle. Tonight, the fourth version of this classic “ready-made ...
Marcel Duchamp, “Boîte-en-valise (de ou par Marcel Duchamp ou Rrose Sélavy)” (photo by Charles Duprat; courtesy of Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac) Elena Filipovic, ‘The Apparently Marginal Activities of ...
"Sensation of sensations" -- The Spanish gaze -- The notary's son -- Bohemian Paris -- Little cubes -- Modernist tide -- The Armory Show -- The return to order -- A Parisian in America -- Surrealist ...
Arturo Schwarz, Refugee Who Became a Surrealism Tycoon, Dies at 97 After expulsion from Egypt left him penniless, he befriended André Breton and Marcel Duchamp and amassed an enormous collection of ...