Elena Filipovic is Director and Curator of Kunsthalle Basel. She is the author of David Hammons: Bliz-aard Ball Sale (Afterall Books/MIT Press) and The Apparently Marginal Activities of Marcel Duchamp (MIT Press).

"Filipovic presents an intricate, philisophically complex but fascinating thesis, accompanied by lush illustrations." —Art Quarterly"Filipovic’s lucid and richly illustrated text is a joy to read for how it reveals what was plainly there but never fully seen, for the deceptive simplicity, and far-reaching implications, of its claims."—James Miller, The Brooklyn Rail

• INTRODUCTION: A HISTORY OF MARCEL DUCHAMP AND OTHER FICTIONS1 NOTES FOR A THEORY OF THE WORK OF ART2 “I MYSELF WILL EXHIBIT NOTHING”3 THE DEAD END OF THE MUSEUMCONCLUSION: THE INVENTION OF AN EMPTY STUDIO

Elena Filipovic is Director and Curator of Kunsthalle Basel. She is the author of David Hammons: Bliz-aard Ball Sale (Afterall Books/MIT Press) and The Apparently Marginal Activities of Marcel Duchamp (MIT Press).

"Filipovic presents an intricate, philisophically complex but fascinating thesis, accompanied by lush illustrations." —Art Quarterly"Filipovic’s lucid and richly illustrated text is a joy to read for how it reveals what was plainly there but never fully seen, for the deceptive simplicity, and far-reaching implications, of its claims."—James Miller, The Brooklyn Rail

• INTRODUCTION: A HISTORY OF MARCEL DUCHAMP AND OTHER FICTIONS1 NOTES FOR A THEORY OF THE WORK OF ART2 “I MYSELF WILL EXHIBIT NOTHING”3 THE DEAD END OF THE MUSEUMCONCLUSION: THE INVENTION OF AN EMPTY STUDIO

Elena Filipovic is Director and Curator of Kunsthalle Basel. She is the author of David Hammons: Bliz-aard Ball Sale (Afterall Books/MIT Press) and The Apparently Marginal Activities of Marcel Duchamp (MIT Press).

"Filipovic presents an intricate, philisophically complex but fascinating thesis, accompanied by lush illustrations." —Art Quarterly"Filipovic’s lucid and richly illustrated text is a joy to read for how it reveals what was plainly there but never fully seen, for the deceptive simplicity, and far-reaching implications, of its claims."—James Miller, The Brooklyn Rail

• INTRODUCTION: A HISTORY OF MARCEL DUCHAMP AND OTHER FICTIONS1 NOTES FOR A THEORY OF THE WORK OF ART2 “I MYSELF WILL EXHIBIT NOTHING”3 THE DEAD END OF THE MUSEUMCONCLUSION: THE INVENTION OF AN EMPTY STUDIO