The gist of Dadaism was the "gratuitous act," and the most gratuitous Dadaist act of all was Marcel Duchamp's invention of the readymade. One can regard them as experiments in art, or mock works of ...

Artist Sir Peter Blake has recreated a famous chess game between surrealist Marcel Duchamp and nude model Eve Babitz ahead of a major auction. The chessboard, created by Duchamp in 1946 and ...

In 1918, French iconoclast Marcel Duchamp stepped away from the art market he had been helping to revolutionize. Alone in America for five years, he decided to cultivate his passion for chess.

Marcel Duchamp, was born in 1887, in Normandy, France. He became a painter, sculptor, writer and chess player who is now recognized as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. He was ...

Furthermore, Duchamp’s engagement with chess—a recurring motif in his life and art—serves as a metaphor for strategy and power dynamics. His fascination with the game reflects a deep understanding of ...

This chess set features geometric pieces, inspired by Emmanuel Radnitzky's (better known as Man Ray) friendship with avid chess player and fellow artist Marcel Duchamp.

It was also the preferred game of such art luminaries as Marcel Duchamp and Pablo Picasso. What does it mean to you? Chess is a game of triumph, but triumph is a corollary of conquest.

Duchamp’s love of chess was as multifaceted as his art. First and foremost, the quiet game offered moments of reprieve from the noisy, chaotic streets of Upper Manhattan where he lived.

Consequently, the absurdist gags involving Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp’s chess game, a bearded ballerina, a huntsman and an ostrich egg, and the climactic hearse chase are interspersed with ...

From 1923 onward, Duchamp increasingly slowed down his artistic activity, devoting himself for ten years almost entirely to the game of chess. He reached very high levels in the discipline, even going ...