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MoMA Celebrates Duchamp's Legacy with 300-Work Retrospective

4/16/2026

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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) hosts a Marcel Duchamp retrospective with 300 works—the largest since 1973—running until August 22.
Curators arrange works to trace Duchamp's evolution from Impressionism to Dadaism, including The Chess Game and Nude Descending a Staircase.
Sixth room centers on Box in a Valise, a portable gallery Duchamp made as fascism rose.
Show emphasizes Duchamp's redefining of art and identity, including gender exploration via Rrose Sélavy.

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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) hosts a Marcel Duchamp retrospective with 300 works—the largest since 1973—running until August 22.
Curators arrange works to trace Duchamp's evolution from Impressionism to Dadaism, including The Chess Game and Nude Descending a Staircase.
Sixth room centers on Box in a Valise, a portable gallery Duchamp made as fascism rose.
Show emphasizes Duchamp's redefining of art and identity, including gender exploration via Rrose Sélavy.