“Abstract Cinema and Technology” at the MoCA North Miami

March 27, 2009 The Museum of Contempory Art in North Miami is currently showing the exhibition "Abstract Cinema and Technology" which "explores how technological innovations from the 1920s to the present provided new ways for artists to create abstract moving images".  The exhibtiton features the 1926 film Anemic Cinema, a collaboration between Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray, as well as work by other Dada artists such as Hans Richter.  It includes artists from.. read more...

“Art is Arp” at the Arp Museum Banhoff Rolandseck

March 24, 2009 The Arp Museum Bahnof Rolandseck is currently showing the exhibititon "Art is Arp", "one of the most comprehensive retrospectives on Hans Arp ever undertaken".  The exhibit, which runs until June 14, includes "over 100 drawings, collages, sculptures, and reliefs" as well as numerous texts, photographs, and other documents made by Arp, the founder of the Zurich Dada movement.  Although the exhibit includes w.. read more...

Futurism Exhibit in Rome

March 9, 2009 To celebrate the 100th anniversy of the publication of The Futurist Manifesto, the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome is currently showing an exhibition of futurist work and the art that was influanced by it, including works by Georges Braque, Picasso, Umberto Boccioni, Marcel Duchamp, and  Francis Picabia.  The centenial celebration is happening all over the world and will also include a traveling exhibition and performances, including a performance by Brian Eno. .. read more...

“In Sight” at the Laumeier Sculpture Park

March 6, 2009 The Laumeier Sculpture Park in St Louis is currently showing "In Sight: Selections from the Collection", and exhibition of "rarely-seen works, unique ephemera and recent acquisitions from its extensive collection of contemporary art." The exhibit includes sculpture, videos, books, and sound art.  It also includes Laumier's collection of "S.M.S" portfolios, a 1968 project by surrealist artist William Copley which feature six portfolios by var.. read more...

SMS Listening Party Recap

March 6, 2009 "The next piece we listened to may be considered the pièce de résistance of the SMS Portfolios.  Marcel Duchamp’s cover for SMS #2 consists of a seven-minute recording of Duchamp playing contrapetrie, a Surrealist word game that creates meaningful phrases from similar-sounding words.  A spiralling example printed on the opposite side of the record, “Esquivons les ecchymoses des Esquimaux aux mots exquis,” (literally “Let us.. read more...

The Creative Act-BLOT vs Marcel Duchamp

March 6, 2009

"This is our interpretation of a paper by Marcel Duchamp, presented to the convention of the American Federation of Arts in Houston, Texas, April 1957. The narration is by Duchamp himself, and the stop motion animation is done by Thiruda at the Louvre in Paris and the National Gallery of Art in Barcelona in late 2008."

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Monitor Interviews the Artist

March 6, 2009

On April 9th, the British Film Institute in Southbank will show "Monitor Interviews the Artist", a selection of interviews with and films about artists, including  Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp,  René Magritte and Andy Warhol.  The films come from the archive of the British TV show "Monitor", which ran during the 1950s and was known for its intellectual and thought-provoking take on the arts.

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Duchamp’s Belle Haleine, Eau de Voilette Sells for $11 Million at Auction

March 6, 2009 Marcel Duchamp's Belle Haleine, Eau de Voilette sold for $11 million as part of a Christie's auction of art belonging to the late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.  The work, which surpassed its esitmated price of $1 million, was described by Dada scholar Francis Naumann as “one of the most provocative works of art ever made, a simple bottle of perfume whose liquid long ago evaporated, but whose essence, to be sure, will continue to influence artists long into t.. read more...

“Notation” at the ZKM | Center for Art and Media in Berlin

February 21, 2009 The exhibit "Notation: Calculation and Form in the Arts", which has its opening tomorrow, " is dedicated to the spectrum of diverse artistic processes existing between the conception and the work".  The exhibit features work from a diverse spectrum of artists, including Marcel Duchamp.  It includes all types of art, from choreography and music to paintings.  In addition, it seeks to explore the connections between science and art as well as .. read more...