A Blockbuster MoMA Retrospective Exposes Marcel Duchamp’s Bourgeois Yearnings

Visiting Monte Carlo in the early 1920s, Marcel Duchamp persuaded himself that he could beat the casinos at their own gambit. “I believe I have eliminated the word chance,” he informed the French businessman Jacques Doucet. “I would like to think I have forced roulette to become a game of chess.” Duchamp was serious enough that he designed a bond to raise money for his high-stakes gamble. Investors could advance five hundred francs, to be paid back with interest, funded by future […]

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A Blockbuster MoMA Retrospective Exposes Marcel Duchamp’s Bourgeois Yearnings

Visiting Monte Carlo in the early 1920s, Marcel Duchamp persuaded himself that he could beat the casinos at their own gambit. “I believe I have eliminated the word chance,” he informed the French b…

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08 MAR 2025 4:37PM

#GalleryVisit to Richard Misrach's show at Frankel Gallery. Image: Nancy Holt, Sun Tunnels #1

This photo, in person, is over 6' x 5'. Large enough to encompass my full range of vision and remain sharp. On my screen here, its about 8" in width, so the coming description may be hard to relate to.

Something about the presence of this photo electrified a primitive part of my brain. Rather than just looking at it, I was confronted by it. Appropriate for a photo of installation art.

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