Gleaming impishly in a far flung gallery, the urinal that broke the art world. In standard issue glossy white porcelain, it ...

This stately Georgian home in Washington, D.C., is filled to the brim with art. But its owners may be hard-pressed to describe the artworks' visual qualities. "They're not beautiful," said Aaron ...

After nearly four decades, the king of the art dealers says goodbye to his perch at 980 Madison—and moves to the ground floor ...

An ordinary object," he said, can be "elevated to the dignity of a work of art by the mere choice of an artist." ...

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 ...

Portable chess set invented by Marcel Duchamp (1943) (All images by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise specified) BRIGHTON, UK — Swapping out pieces in a game of chess is only a smart move ...

"Robert Lebel, a French art critic and collector, was instrumental in rendering Marcel Duchamp's often hermetic life, art, and ideas accessible to a wider public across Europe and the United States, ...

Marcel Duchamp, "L.H.O.O.Q." (1919), rectified readymade: pencil on reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (all photos Lisa Yin Zhang/Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) Anyone who has taken ...

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 ...

Duchamp’s transcendent cool – his fondness for the flip but magnificent gesture (“I’m not an artist, I’m a breather,” he told one French critic), his insistence on maintaining his artistic freedom ...