Matthew Palczynski

‘Fountain’ by Marcel Duchamp at the Barbican Art Gallery in London in 2013. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

‘Fountain’ might make you laugh or scowl but asks important questions – a Philly art historian explains why Marcel Duchamp’s iconic 1917 sculpture still provokes

A version of ‘Fountain’ is part of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s permanent collection and will appear in the Duchamp retrospective, which opens Oct. 10, 2026.

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