| Duchamp's mystery |
By Prisc , thisOtherEden
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" He is famous. No doubt about it. He led the artists of his time to one of the greatest revolutions of all. He changed the whole idea of art, of what it is. And yet, was he actually laughing at his private joke? Laughing at those who followed him, believing they were following a new belief. Laughin
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| The art factory and the death of the connoisseur |
By Richard Feigen , The Art Newspaper
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"In Duchamp's day the 'art world' was tiny and the initiates were
ready for a breakthroughfor new ideas and new media, for 'dada'and
the big money wasn't there. Once we accept that the artist's hand is
no longer necessary, only his idea, it's a short leap to market the
concept that beauty
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| Agreement between Proa and MAM-SP for Duchamp in Latin America |
By Curator, Elena Filipovic
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MAM – MUSEU DE ARTE MODERNA DE SÃO PAULO: 15 July - 21 September, 2008
FUNDACION PROA:
November 19, 2008 - February, 2009
"Two years after an intensive investigation and production, Fundación Proa today shares with the MAM-SP the success obtained from the critics and
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| Duchamp's 3 Stoppages Étalon |
By Dingo on Raggit
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"Many of the stories he tells just don't line up," Shearer says. Consider Three Standard Stoppages, in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, a key early work. Toward the end of 1913, Duchamp said, in his Paris studio, he cut three lengths of thread, each just under one meter long, dr
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