‘A Loo Shook The Art World…And Changed The Face Of Art’

It is an unusual review of an exhibition that took place in New York in 1917…and now takes place in London. “One day in spring 1917, the organisers of the forthcoming exhibition stood and gazed in consternation at one of the submissions. In fact, it was a urinal of the most common variety, in white porcelain, lying on its back. You can see it, from tomorrow, at Tate Modern’s exhibition Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia – and it’s fair to say that the response to it in 1917 in New York may well be replicated by some visitors, in 2008, in London.” …More here…