Marcel Duchamp: The Alchemist of the Avant-Garde

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History

Age Group:

Adults
  • Registration is required for this event.
  • Registration will open on March 2, 2026 @ 9:30am.

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Open the dictionary to the word “iconoclast,” and you will see a picture of Marcel Duchamp. He challenged the standards and beliefs of the art world and ushered in a new era of creative license—the reverberations of which are still felt in contemporary art today. Duchamp’s imagination was aroused by elements of Cubism, Surrealism, and even Pop Art, but his resourcefulness meant continuous self-reinvention and deliberate inconsistency. Come and learn about his innovative works and the shockwaves they produced. A blockbuster Duchamp retrospective opens at the Museum of Modern Art on April 12. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link.