Showing posts with label Marcel Duchamp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marcel Duchamp. Show all posts

Thursday, May 07, 2009

Inventing Marcel Duchamp: The Dynamics of Portraiture

through August 2, 2009

"This groundbreaking exhibition casts new light upon Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968), one of the most influential artists of the recent past."
-from the National Portrait Gallery's Web site.

The National Portrait Gallery
Eighth and F Streets, NW
Washington D.C.
above the Gallery Place–Chinatown Metrorail station

National Portrait Gallery's Web site.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Edgar P. Richardson Symposium Marcel Duchamp

Friday, March 27, 1:00-6:00 pm
Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium

The fourth Edgar P. Richardson Symposium features new research on Marcel Duchamp and the role of portrayal in his career and his legacy. This symposium is presented in conjunction with the opening of the museum's exhibit Inventing Marcel Duchamp: The Dynamics of Portraiture. Speakers include Dr. Catherine Craft, independent scholar; Dr. Linda Dalrymple Henderson, David Bruton Jr. Centennial Professor in art history and Distinguished Teaching Professor, the University of Texas at Austin; Dr. David Hopkins, professor of art history, University of Glasgow; Dr. Lewis Kachur, associate professor, art history department, Kean University; Brian O'Doherty, artist; and Wendy Wick Reaves, curator of prints and drawings,

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Conservation Panel: New Research on Marcel Duchamp Portraits by Jean Crotti
Friday, March 27, 10:00-11:30 am


Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium
A panel of conservators and curators from the Museum of Modern Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the National Portrait Gallery discuss new research on portraits of Marcel Duchamp by his brother-in-law Jean Crotti. Reserve seats at no charge


National Portrait Gallery. Reserve seats at no charge, call 202.633.8330. More information: www.npg.si.edu