It’s often difficult to tell “where the art ends and the building begins” Courtesy of the Swiss Institute Maria Eichborn, "Three Paper Bags," 2009/2018 Courtesy of the Swiss Institute and the artist ...
Installation view. Center: Claire Fontaine, “Yoda” (2016). Mannequin, padding, polystyrene, mask, false eyeballs, eyelashes, wig, djellaba, trousers, cape, prayer ...
The museum’s deputy director could scarcely contain her excitement. The work, she said, is a “crux” in the history of modernism. “It’s a pivotal point, it’s a rupture . . . it’s an icon.” It’s a ...
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 ...