Brooklyn Rail Hosts Duchamp Talk with MoMA Curators on June 9
On June 9, 2026, curators Matthew Affron, Michelle Kuo, and Ann Temkin join art historian Thierry de Duve for a conversation about the Marcel Duchamp exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The event is part of the Brooklyn Rail’s online series New Social Environment. The exhibition, organized with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, features some three hundred works and remains on view through August 22, 2026. It marks the artist’s first retrospective in the United States since 1973.
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The discussion examines Duchamp’s six-decade challenge to the definition of an artwork and its lasting effects on creative practice. For collectors and curators, the session offers context on how institutional presentations of this scale influence market perceptions and historical framing of key 20th-century figures. The format continues the Brooklyn Rail’s focus on connecting artists and thinkers amid evolving exhibition conditions.
- Artists: Marcel Duchamp
- People: Matthew Affron, Michelle Kuo, Ann Temkin, Thierry de Duve
- Museums: Museum of Modern Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Locations: New York
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