Genius, anti-artist, charlatan, guru or imposter? Marcel Duchamp has been called all these. Arousing passion and controversy, he has exerted a great influence on art. This monograph, written with the support of Duchamp's widow, offers to challenge received ideas and misunderstanding.

In this first-hand account, the author, closely associated with the radical and transforming movement from its earliest days, records and traces Dada's history from its inception around 1916, in wartime Zurich, to its collapse in the Paris of the 1920s.

Presents reproductions and text discussing paintings by famous 20th century artists.

A survey of one of the most controversial epochs art history, the Modern Movement, this text combines a critical eye with a historian's insight into wider trends. It reflects the changes that have swept across the art world since 1960, challenging the old assumptions and certainties.

This updated edition is supplemented by a definitive account of the current technological, political and aesthetic shifts in performance art that mark its transition to the 21st century. New artists are shown in the context of previous innovators, from the Dadaists to Laurie Anderson.