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Marcel Duchamp

Installation view of the Dalí / Duchamp Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, showing 'Bicycle Wheel' and 'Fountain' by Marcel Duchamp

RA Exhibitions

7 years ago

Video: what you need to know about Duchamp’s Fountain

2017 marks 100 years since a porcelain urinal changed the course of modern art. In this video, Professor Dawn Ades tells the story behind Marcel Duchamp’s ‘Fountain’.

Robert Descharnes, Marcel Duchamp with Gala and Salvador Dalí outside the Bar Melitón. Cadaqués, August 1958

RA Exhibitions

> 8 years ago

Odd couples: Artists you never knew were friends

In autumn 2017, we explore the little-known relationship between two of modern art’s greatest masters – Salvador Dalí and Marcel Duchamp. Here, we take a look at their peculiar friendship, and five other artist pairs you would never have guessed.