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The DOJ Redacted a Photo of the Mona Lisa in the Epstein Files While Epstein’s victims endure the fallout of their photos and names being exposed in the Department of Justice’s latest tranche of files, investigators redacted a photo of the Mona Lisa. Now we know ...

Malevich meets Duchamp:

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Scene of uniformed men in gas masks shooting at workers in a factory

Morris Topchevsky, "Strike Breakers (Company Violence)," 1937, from collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Topchevsky was a Chicago-based painter, a Jewish immigrant from Poland, who mentored such artists as Charles White collections.artsmia.org/art/129801/s...

#ManRay exhibition in Paris:

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Have been thinking a lot lately about something Dada artist Hugo Ball wrote in his diary in 1916, amidst the violence & turmoil of World War I, as he reflected on the movement's use of masks, costumes, & performance:

"The horror of our time, the paralyzing background of events, is made visible."

Man Ray’s mock-up for Électricité, 1931 Ara H. Merjian examines Man Ray’s Électricité, a group of cameraless prints linking Dada and Surrealism with technology, desire, and advertising.

Man Ray’s mock-up for Électricité, 1931
By Ara H. Merjian

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#OtD 3 Jan 1923 Jaroslav Hasek, author of classic anarchic comedy novel, The Good Soldier Svejk, died in the Czech village of Lipnice, aged 39. His novel mocked the absurdity of military and empire via the main character's enthusiasm for authority stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1018...

Unveiling of the Marcel Duchamp plaque in the Villon neighborhood The Place de la Pyramide in Puteaux has just been adorned with a commemorative plaque in honor of this major artist of the Puteaux Group and also of Dadaism.

Plaque to Marcel Duchamp unveiled in La Defense, Paris:

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Man Ray

On #ManRay:

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George Grosz as Dada Death, Berlin, 1919

Marcel Duchamp | MoMA Exhibition. Apr 12–Aug 22, 2026. “Why is this art?” is a question often asked by viewers of contemporary art. It is virtually impossible to answer it without referring to the work of Marcel Duchamp (1...

Forthcoming in 2026 and 2027:
Major #Duchamp retrospective at Moma, Philly, and Pompidou:

www.moma.org/calendar/exh...

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Hal Foster · Tightrope of Hope: Surrealism v. Fascism The Surrealists saw colonialism and imperialism as intrinsic to fascism, and from start to finish they campaigned...

#Surrealism and anti-fascism anthology reviewed:

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Surrealism Against Fascism • EQUATOR A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?

“The Surrealists were willing to look into the abyss of so-called civilisation, admit to ‘pessimism all along the line,’ and nonetheless wrench from that darkness a poetics of revolutionary change,” @naomiaklein.bsky.social writes www.equator.org/articles/sur...

Heartfield's antifascism as relevant as ever:

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The 2026 homage to John Heartfield Calendar is NOW ON SALE!
Limited amount being made, so get in quick!
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New issue of Dada/Surr now available, free to read and download, on Tristan Tzara and Approximate Humanism

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Raoul Hausmann. Vision. Provocation. Dada. Raoul Hausmann. Vision. Provocation. Dada. - Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin, Fotografie, Architektur, Künstler-Archive, Dada Berlin, Neue Sachlichkeit und Osteuropäische Avantg...

Now open at the Berlinische Galerie:

Raoul Hausmann: Vision. Provocation. #Dada.

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Sophie Taeuber with Dada Head, 1920 -by Sophie Taeuber.

John Heartfield, ‘Hurra! Der Panzerkreuzer A ist da!’ [Hooray! The battle cruiser A has arrived!], 1928.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York The Hilla Rebay Collection © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Merzz. 53. Red Bonbon. by Kurt Schwitters, 1920
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137832

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Moskovitz

George Grosz, Explosion, 1917
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A section of dry wall, taken from a barn on Ambleside, onto which the German artist Kurt Schwitters built a series of abstract concrete and coloured forms in 1947.

Kurt Schwitters’ Merzbarn wall, Hatton Gallery

New Walter Serner translation from @twistedspoon.bsky.social

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In time for Banned Books Week, The Tigress by Walter Serner is now available and on the way to the distributor. Serner's only novel, it's a nihilistic "love story" where a grifter and an escort team up to scam the casino crowd of the Riviera.
More info here:
www.twistedspoon.com/the-tigress....

Didn't know Jack Johnson ever came to London.

#Dada connection: as a fugitive from US marriage law, Johnson 'fought' (thrashed) Arthur Cravan in a mismatch put on for a handsome purse, in Barcelona, 1916.

8 quid from Sainsbury's, decent enough but a bit bland.

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I have a bottle of Dada absinthe, bought from the Cabaret Voltaire in 2016.

It remains unopened.

Dada wine?

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Anna Aslanyan | The Censor’s Scissors John Heartfield was forced to leave Germany in 1933. Even before the Nazis put him on their hit list, his art had caused...

On censorship, with reference to John Heartfield's photomontage practice:

www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...

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One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way. What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money. Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight. To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it