In New York, still charmed by Post-Impressionism and puzzled by Cubism, Duchamp and others took on the art establishment as a way of holding up a mirror to modern society. Cher Tzara, ... Dada cannot live in New York. All New York is dada, and will not tolerate a rival.
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