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Étant donnés: Duchamp, the crowds will come

Duchamp studies are a thriving industry in academe and his work continues to have a major influence on artists, so it was no surprise that the first annual Anne d’Harnoncourt Memorial Symposium at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA), devoted to Duchamp’s final work, would attract a full house.  The enthusiasm was such that by 10 am on Saturday morning (Sept. 12) the audience was seated and expectantly quiet.

Jeff Wall: Below the bourgeois radar

photo by Jeff Wall (Canadian, born 1946)After “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison, the Prologue, 2001Silver dye bleach transparency in light box5 ft. 8 1/2 in. x 8ft. 2 3/4 in. (174 x 250.8 cm)The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photography Council Fund, Horace W. Goldsmith Fund through Robert B. Menschel, and acquired through the generosity of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder and Carol and David Appel© 2007 Jeff Wall Yes on Jeff Wall. Yes, yes, yes. We stopped at MoMA yesterday before we headed to Chelsea for our main event, the opening of super-duper Pop Art by Roslyn ... More » »