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The Museum of Modern Art announces Marcel Duchamp, the first North American retrospective of the artist’s work in over 50 years, on view from April 12 through August 22, 2026, in the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Center for Special Exhibitions.
The last major retrospective of Marcel Duchamp’s work was the 1973 survey exhibition offers 21st-century audiences the first opportunity to view the breadth of the artist’s creative output. The exhibition will present work across six decades of the artist’s multifaceted career, spanning all mediums, including painting, sculpture, film, photography, drawings, and printed matter.
“Contemporary artworks often prompt viewers to ask, ‘Why is this art?’ It is virtually impossible to answer this question without referring to the work of Duchamp,” said Temkin, The Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture, MoMA. “More than any other modern artist, Duchamp challenged and transformed the very definition of an …
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Image Above: Marcel Duchamp. Fountain, 1950 (replica of 1917 original). Porcelain urinal, 12 x 15 x 18 inches (30.5 x 38.1 x 45.7 cm). Philadelphia Art Museum: 125th Anniversary Acquisition. Gift (by exchange) of Mrs. Herbert Cameron Morris
