BRIGHTON, UK — Swapping out pieces in a game of chess is only a smart move provided you hold the most on the board, or at least the strongest position. But a new show at the Barbican in London ...

Last year artists Scott Kildall and Bryan Cera collaborated on a project called "Readymake: Duchamp Chess Pieces," which reconstructed a chess set designed by Marcel Duchamp with a 3D printer. The ...

Portable chess set invented by Marcel Duchamp (1943) (All images by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise specified) BRIGHTON, UK — Swapping out pieces in a game of chess is only a smart move ...

Marcel Duchamp redefined the word “art” with his Readymades. Now, nearly 100 years later, artists Bryan Cera and Scott Kildall have made it possible to reproduce one of the conceptual artist’s ...

In 2014, Scott Kildall and Bryan Cera, both 3D-fabrication artists in the United States, gave the world something they considered a gift and homage: a re-creation of Marcel Duchamp’s personal ...

"Published on the occasion of the exhibitions: Marcel Duchamp: Chess Master, Saint Louis University Museum of Art, St. Louis, May 6-August 16, 2009; Marcel Duchamp: Chess Master, Francis M. Naumann ...

Conceptual artist Marcel Duchamp was known for his "readymades," which declared everyday objects to be works of art — most notably "Fountain," a public urinal on a pedestal. Duchamp was also something ...

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Artist and sculptor Marcel Duchamp might be most famous for his Modernist painting Nude Descending A Staircase, No. 2, but his true passion may have been chess. After retiring to pursue an almost monk ...

Image: 14.5 x 21.75 in. (36.83 x 55.24 cm.) In 1963, the Pasadena Museum of Art (now the Norton Simon Museum) launched Marcel Duchamp's first major retrospective of the conceptual Dadaist's career.

Image: 14.5 x 22 in. (36.83 x 55.88 cm.) In 1963, the Pasadena Museum of Art (now the Norton Simon Museum) launched Marcel Duchamp's first major retrospective of the conceptual Dadaist's career. Later ...