A reawakening to Duchamp’s impact on contemporary thought was on full display first in California—accompanied by a remarkable cast of artists
Lee Kogan is curator emerita of the American Folk Art Museum
Espinosa is a senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the Ohio State University and an authority on transnational migration and art
all of which are considered in the context of the Menil Collection’s remarkable holdings
Annemarie Weyl Carr is a university distinguished professor emerita of art history at Southern Methodist University in Dallas
Cy Twombly, Treatise on the Veil, 1970 Menil Publications A reawakening to Duchamp’s impactA breathtaking exploration of one of Twomblys largest paintings, the second version of his Treatise on the Veil. One of the most important American postwar artists, Cy Twombly (19282011) engaged with mythological and poetic source material, setting him apart from other artists of his generation. In 1970, Twombly revisited his 1968 painting Treatise on the Veil and, in a short period of focused creativity, produced a paintingTreatise on the Veil