February 18
NUDE DESCENDING A STAIRCASE DAY
No, this isn’t about the latest Playboy centerfold... We speak of this day in 1913 when the famous French painting, Nude Descending a Staircase by the French artist Marcel Duchamp, was displayed at an ‘Armory Show’ in New York City. The work was labeled as America’s first look at modern art. Critics called the work “scandalous” and “meaningless.” It sparked one of the greatest uproars the art world has ever known. Yeah, well, it’s a beautiful, classic work of art no matter if it looks like an android doing The Twist.
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