NSE #1367 | Matthew Affron, Michelle Kuo, Ann Temkin, and Thierry de Duve on Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp Curators Matthew Affron, Michelle Kuo, and Ann Temkin join art historian Thierry de Duve for a conversation on Zoom. The New Social Environment #1367 Recorded on Tuesday, June 9, 2026 at 1 p.m. Eastern / 10 a.m. Pacific https://brooklynrail.org/event/2026/0... 〰️〰️〰️〰️ In this talk: 🚩 Matthew Affron —— Matthew Affron is the Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Since joining the museum in 2013, he has curated or co-curated exhibitions including Marcel Duchamp (2026), Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100 (2025), Matisse in the 1930s (2022), The Essential Duchamp (2018), and Paint the Revolution: Mexican Modernism, 1910–1950 (2016). He serves as project director of the Duchamp Research Portal. His previous appointment was as associate professor of art history at the University of Virginia and curator at the university’s art museum. 🚩 Michelle Kuo —— Michelle Kuo is Chief Curator at Large and Publisher at The Museum of Modern Art. She is the curator of Jack Whitten: The Messenger; and leads interdisciplinary work on temporary and collection exhibitions, digital initiatives, research and scholarship, and acquisitions for the Museum’s collection, and directs MoMA’s global publications program. Kuo joined MoMA in 2018 as the Marlene Hess Curator of Painting and Sculpture. Recent exhibitions and collaborations include Otobong Nkanga: Cadence (2024–25), Artist’s Choice: Grace Wales Bonner—Spirit Movers (2024), among others. She has written and lectured widely; her publications include Sensing the Future: Experiments in Art and Technology (2024), she serves on the advisory board of the Museum Brandhorst, Munich, and the journal October. 🚩 Ann Temkin —— Ann Temkin is the Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art. Among the recent exhibitions that she has curated or co-curated at MoMA are Marcel Duchamp (2026), Projects: Marlon Mullen (2024), Matisse: The Red Studio (2022), and Judd (2020). From 1990 to 2003, she was the Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. • https://www.moma.org/about/senior-sta... 🚩 Thierry de Duve —— Historian and philosopher of art Thierry de Duve is Evelyn Kranes Kossak Professor at Hunter College, City University of New York. His English publications include Sewn In the Sweatshops of Marx: Beuys, Warhol, Klein, Duchamp (2012), and Aesthetics at Large, Volume One: Art, Ethics, Politics (2018)., among others Two volumes of his Essais datés, published in French by Mamco in Geneva, have appeared in the last few years: Vol. I, Duchampiana, in 2014, and Vol. II, Adresses, in 2016. His next book, titled Duchamp’s Telegram, From Beaux-Arts to Art-in-General, is forthcoming from Reaktion Books, London, at the beginning of 2023. He is presently working on Volume Two of Aesthetics at Large. • https://www.thierrydeduve.com/ 〰️〰️〰️〰️ We'd like to thank the Teiger Foundation for making our daily conversations possible. • Follow @teigerfoundation   / teigerfoundation   • Learn more at https://teigerfoundation.org/ This conversation was produced by THE BROOKLYN RAIL: • Learn more about our upcoming conversations at: https://brooklynrail.org/events • Subscribe to the Rail: https://brooklynrail.org/subscribe • Sign up for our newsletter: https://brooklynrail.org/newsletter • Follow us on Instagram:   / brooklynrail