The warmth you’ll feel on your second or third viewing of “Marcel Duchamp” will come from the realization that Duchamp jettisoned the artist’s ego—the “I” that demands attention and equates success ...

Marcel Duchamp, “À propos de jeune soeur” (1911) oil on canvas, 73 x 60 cm (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation / 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 ...

Marcel Duchamp changed the face of culture in the 20th century, and beyond, with an unconventional sculpture that challenged how we think of art. This 1917 photo by Alfred Stieglitz shows “Fountain” ...

Marcel Duchamp’s original “Fountain” sculpture vanished within days of its 1917 appearance. He later introduced these versions in response to demand. In 1963, Duchamp gave permission for a critic in ...

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 ...