The following exhibition review is from The New York Times, Art and Design section, October 11, 2016. ‘Marcel Broodthaers,’ a Knot of Riddles in a MoMA Retrospective. By Holland Cotter. An untitled... Read full biography
The following exhibition review is from The New York Times, Art and Design section, October 11, 2016. ‘Marcel Broodthaers,’ a Knot of Riddles in a MoMA Retrospective. By Holland Cotter. An untitled artwork by the Belgian artist Marcel Broodthaers combines eggshells with the colors of the Belgian... Read full biography
The following exhibition review is from The New York Times, Art and Design section, October 11, 2016. ‘Marcel Broodthaers,’ a Knot of Riddles in a MoMA Retrospective. By Holland Cotter. An untitled artwork by the Belgian artist Marcel Broodthaers combines eggshells with the colors of the Belgian flag at a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. “I’m no good at anything. I am 40 years old.” So wrote the Belgian poet Marcel Broodthaers, who up until 1964, had been supporting himself, barely,... Read full biography
The following exhibition review is from The New York Times, Art and Design section, October 11, 2016. ‘Marcel Broodthaers,’ a Knot of Riddles in a MoMA Retrospective. By Holland Cotter. An untitled artwork by the Belgian artist Marcel Broodthaers combines eggshells with the colors of the Belgian flag at a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. “I’m no good at anything. I am 40 years old.” So wrote the Belgian poet Marcel Broodthaers, who up until 1964, had been supporting himself, barely, as a bookseller and photojournalist (lots of pictures of the Brussels World’s Fair), while making short, strange films and publishing avant-garde poetry. One thing he didn’t lack was ambition, which led him to wonder whether he couldn’t, after all,... Read full biography
The following exhibition review is from The New York Times, Art and Design section, October 11, 2016. ‘Marcel Broodthaers,’ a Knot of Riddles in a MoMA Retrospective. By Holland Cotter. An untitled artwork by the Belgian artist Marcel Broodthaers combines eggshells with the colors of the Belgian flag at a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. “I’m no good at anything. I am 40 years old.” So wrote the Belgian poet Marcel Broodthaers, who up until 1964, had been supporting himself, barely, as a bookseller and photojournalist (lots of pictures of the Brussels World’s Fair), while making short, strange films and publishing avant-garde poetry. One thing he didn’t lack was ambition, which led him to wonder whether he couldn’t, after all, finally “sell something and succeed in life.” Sell what? It was around then that “the idea of inventing something in... Read full biography
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About Marcel Broodthaers: Books
Books & Publications (2)
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Art Metropole: The Top 100 (National Gallery of Canada) (Exhibition catalog)
2006
Scott, Kitty et al
137 pages
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