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Man Ray’s mock-up for Électricité, 1931
By Ara H. Merjian

www.artforum.com/features/man...

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Man Ray’s mock-up for Électricité, 1931
Ara H. Merjian examines Man Ray’s Électricité, a group of cameraless prints linking Dada and Surrealism with technology, desire, and advertising.
www.artforum.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:48 AM
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workingclasshistory.com
#OtD 3 Jan 1923 Jaroslav Hasek, author of classic anarchic comedy novel, The Good Soldier Svejk, died in the Czech village of Lipnice, aged 39. His novel mocked the absurdity of military and empire via the main character's enthusiasm for authority stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1018...
January 3, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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Plaque to Marcel Duchamp unveiled in La Defense, Paris:

www.parisladefense.com/en/practical...

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Unveiling of the Marcel Duchamp plaque in the Villon neighborhood
The Place de la Pyramide in Puteaux has just been adorned with a commemorative plaque in honor of this major artist of the Puteaux Group and also of Dadaism.
www.parisladefense.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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On #ManRay:

4columns.org/mobilio-albe...

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Man Ray
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December 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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George Grosz as Dada Death, Berlin, 1919
December 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Forthcoming in 2026 and 2027:
Major #Duchamp retrospective at Moma, Philly, and Pompidou:

www.moma.org/calendar/exh...

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Marcel Duchamp | MoMA
Exhibition. Apr 12–Aug 22, 2026. “Why is this art?” is a question often asked by viewers of contemporary art. It is virtually impossible to answer it without referring to the work of Marcel Duchamp (1...
www.moma.org
December 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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#Surrealism and anti-fascism anthology reviewed:

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Hal Foster · Tightrope of Hope: Surrealism v. Fascism
The Surrealists saw colonialism and imperialism as intrinsic to fascism, and from start to finish they campaigned...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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“The Surrealists were willing to look into the abyss of so-called civilisation, admit to ‘pessimism all along the line,’ and nonetheless wrench from that darkness a poetics of revolutionary change,” @naomiaklein.bsky.social writes www.equator.org/articles/sur...
Surrealism Against Fascism • EQUATOR
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
www.equator.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Heartfield's antifascism as relevant as ever:

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coldwarsteve.bsky.social Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · Nov 25
The 2026 homage to John Heartfield Calendar is NOW ON SALE!
Limited amount being made, so get in quick!
Please see link 👇👇👇
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November 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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The 2026 homage to John Heartfield Calendar is NOW ON SALE!
Limited amount being made, so get in quick!
Please see link 👇👇👇
coldwarsteve.bigcartel.com/product/cold...
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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New issue of Dada/Surr now available, free to read and download, on Tristan Tzara and Approximate Humanism

pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/dadasur/issu...

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November 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Now open at the Berlinische Galerie:

Raoul Hausmann: Vision. Provocation. #Dada.

berlinischegalerie.de/en/exhibitio...
Raoul Hausmann. Vision. Provocation. Dada.
Raoul Hausmann. Vision. Provocation. Dada. - Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin, Fotografie, Architektur, Künstler-Archive, Dada Berlin, Neue Sachlichkeit und Osteuropäische Avantg...
berlinischegalerie.de
November 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Sophie Taeuber with Dada Head, 1920 -by Sophie Taeuber.
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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John Heartfield, ‘Hurra! Der Panzerkreuzer A ist da!’ [Hooray! The battle cruiser A has arrived!], 1928.
November 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Merzz. 53. Red Bonbon. by Kurt Schwitters, 1920
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137832
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York The Hilla Rebay Collection © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
November 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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George Grosz, Explosion, 1917
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135840
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Moskovitz
October 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Kurt Schwitters’ Merzbarn wall, Hatton Gallery
A section of dry wall, taken from a barn on Ambleside, onto which the German artist Kurt Schwitters built a series of abstract concrete and coloured forms in 1947.
October 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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New Walter Serner translation from @twistedspoon.bsky.social

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twistedspoon.bsky.social Twisted Spoon Press @twistedspoon.bsky.social · Oct 1
In time for Banned Books Week, The Tigress by Walter Serner is now available and on the way to the distributor. Serner's only novel, it's a nihilistic "love story" where a grifter and an escort team up to scam the casino crowd of the Riviera.
More info here:
www.twistedspoon.com/the-tigress....
October 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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In time for Banned Books Week, The Tigress by Walter Serner is now available and on the way to the distributor. Serner's only novel, it's a nihilistic "love story" where a grifter and an escort team up to scam the casino crowd of the Riviera.
More info here:
www.twistedspoon.com/the-tigress....
October 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Didn't know Jack Johnson ever came to London.

#Dada connection: as a fugitive from US marriage law, Johnson 'fought' (thrashed) Arthur Cravan in a mismatch put on for a handsome purse, in Barcelona, 1916.
lbwfarchives.bsky.social Waltham Forest Archives @lbwfarchives.bsky.social · Oct 19
Jack Johnson (1878-1946), boxer & first African American heavyweight world champion 1908. He stayed at Chingford's Royal Forest Hotel in 1911 when training in Epping Forest for prospective match with Billy Wells. Blog by @thelondonarchives.bsky.social www.thelondonarchives.org/blog/the-fig... #BHM25
Photographic portrait of Jack Johnson, 1909. Source Creative Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1909_Jack_Johnson.jpg Advertisement for the Royal Forest Hotel, from Chingford Directory 1907.
October 20, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Dada wine?

www.fincalasmoras.com/en/dada/
Finca las Moras - DADÁ
La única regla del mundo dadá, es no tener regla alguna.
www.fincalasmoras.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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On censorship, with reference to John Heartfield's photomontage practice:

www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...

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Anna Aslanyan | The Censor’s Scissors
John Heartfield was forced to leave Germany in 1933. Even before the Nazis put him on their hit list, his art had caused...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way. What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money. Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight. To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.
October 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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#OtD 4 Oct 1884 anarchist poet, essayist, playwright, musician, actor, translator and Dadaist Jun Tsuji was born in Tokyo. Among the works he translated into Japanese is individualist anarchist Max Stirner's The Ego and Its Own stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1047...
October 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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On Suzanne Duchamp:

www.artnews.com/art-in-ameri...

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Suzanne Duchamp, the Mama of Dada, Made Absurdism Sparkle and Shine
Work in her traveling retrospective (Kunsthaus Zurich and Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt) perpetuates Dada's playfulness without its wry, cold affect.
www.artnews.com
September 27, 2025 at 7:22 AM