The next year, Duchamp mounted a bicycle wheel onto an upside-down fork fixed to a wooden stool. He enjoyed the way the ...

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 ...

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 ...

A hundred years ago, in 1925, Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) had long returned from New York back to Paris. His Readymade phase was pretty much over, just as he had abandoned painting for more than half a ...

The Museum of Modern Art announces a retrospective exhibition, Marcel Duchamp, from April 12–August 22, 2026. “Why is this art?” is a question often asked by viewers of contemporary art. It is ...

The movement in five works. By Julia Halperin One of the earliest and most famous conceptual artworks is “Fountain” by Marcel Duchamp: a porcelain urinal the artist submitted to an exhibition in 1917.

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 ...

AMES, Iowa – The fact that an ordinary urinal could have a profound impact on the art world may sound preposterous, but the influence of Marcel Duchamp’s “Fountain” is undeniable, says Justin Remes, ...

New York subway commuters passing by an ad for a Marcel Duchamp exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (all photos Hakim Bishara/Hyperallergic) In 1917, Marcel Duchamp turned a urinal on its head and ...