The French artist Marcel Duchamp is widely known for his readymades. Even those who don ... as the subject of numerous discussions among art historians and critics. They have tried to come ...

To some, he fathered the readymade, to others, he turned the role of the artist on its head. To Willem de Kooning in 1951, he was a ‘one-man movement’. Published in 1959, the book Marcel Duchamp soon ...

Warhol’s fascination with Duchamp’s readymades gave birth to several famous artworks that challenged the traditional ...

These readymades, everyday objects Marcel Duchamp deemed as works of art, expanded the possibilities of what an artist could do and what art could be. The verbal aspect of readymades – whether the ...

Duchamp upended the hierarchy of the art world. It was a fearsome, revolutionary joke. Since the age of Duchamp, readymade art has become an established idea in the art world, particularly in ...