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Organized by MoMA’s Ann Temkin and Michelle Kuo and Philadelphia’s Matthew Affron, “Marcel Duchamp” functions as a multi-museum-sanctioned liturgy—the canonization of contemporary art’s high priest, along with his orthodoxy.

From The Wall Street Journal May 30, 2026

We’ve come for the smaller festival, San Fermín Txikito, held each Fall to commemorate the saint’s original canonization, before the Summer celebrations stole Hemingway’s heart and the international spotlight.

From Salon Nov. 8, 2025

Yesenia Angulo, 63, called the canonization a blessing and a miracle.

From Barron's Oct. 19, 2025

Also worthy of canonization: Larry Graham’s thrumming one-note bass line.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2025

As the ordeal stretched on, there was more canonization.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen




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