The gist of Dadaism was the "gratuitous act," and the most gratuitous Dadaist act of all was Marcel Duchamp's invention of the readymade. One can regard them as experiments in art, or mock works of ...

The new esthetic primitivism that had flourished since Cézanne ... for it was the largest single show of 20th-century avant-garde art ever held until then, and gave more people than ever a chance to ...

“To Mr. Galenson markets are what make the 20th century completely different from other eras for art. . . . [B]reaking the rules became the most valued attribute. The greatest rewards went to ...