Episode 65

John Strausbaugh’s Duchamp Takes New York

March 29th, 2026

41 mins 10 secs

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About this Episode

An epic art show at the Lexington Avenue Armory made a young Marcel Duchamp, who was back in France, one of America’s first modern celebrities even before he first arrived in New York City for what became decades of painting, conceiving, chess-playing and love-making — though not always in that order. John Strausbaugh, the author of Duchamp Takes New York, joins Amy Sohn and Brian Berger for a wide-ranging discussion of the artist’s life in the Big Apple’s old San Juan Hill and all around Manhattan.