Duchamp Gave Up Art for Chess. At MoMA, He Inspires a New Gambit.

Susan Polgar, a chess grandmaster, will be playing 50 artists, critics and fans of Marcel Duchamp at the same time, in honor of his birthday, July 28.

AAdmin

July 16, 2026

1 min read

Duchamp Gave Up Art for Chess. At MoMA, He Inspires a New Gambit.

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