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Hal Foster

Princeton
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Abolish the people

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By Hal Foster
| MSN UK Verified
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A Dose of Duchamp

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By Hal Foster
| London Review of Books Verified
In​ 1973, when a Marcel Duchamp retrospective was last staged in the United States, the critic Lucy Lippard declared that too much was made of him already. More than fifty years later he is still ubiquitous: we see endless variations on his old theme of the readymade object. The best cure for Duchamp fatigue, though, might be a large dose of the real thing.
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The Ignorant Art Historian: Sackcloth 1953

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By Hal Foster
| The Paris Review Verified
By Hal Foster May 19, 2026 Alberto Burri, Sackcloth 1953, 1953, burlap and thread on canvas, 33 ⅞ x 39 ⅜ inches. Photograph by Hal Foster. The Ignorant Art Historian is a series by the art critic Hal Foster, in which he tries to “demystify the viewing of art a little, not to deskill it exactly, but to suggest that anyone can do it.” You can read his introduction to the series here, and the previous installments here, here, and here.
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