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Duchamp in Buenos Aires

"Duchamp en Bs. As" is the exhibition that will start the "Duchamp Year" to commemorate the 90 years of Duchamp´s living period of 9 months in Argentina. A unique document will be presented (for the first time to the press and public). This document has been kept undisclosed in Argentina. It was a gift from Tristan Tzara to a surrealist Argentinian writer, then to a well-known journalist and artist. This exhibition includes some of the most important personalities of three generations of Argentinian artists; some of them are: (in alphabetic order) Xil Buffone, Eduardo Costa, Marcel Duchamp, Max Gómez Canle, Guillermo Gregorio , Marcelo Gutman, IMADUBA, David Lamelas , Emiliano López, Emiliano Miliyo, Esteban Pastorino, Gastón Pérsico, Provisorio Permanente, Nicolás Radano y Axel Straschnoy .

The artist's works for this exhibition are about the technical file of the chess match between Marcel Duchamp and the Argentinian chess player Valentín Fernández Coria, on the 19th of July 1924 in Paris. This was the only Olympic International Chess Championship that ever existed.

This manuscript, in which are written all the moves that were played in the match, is signed by the artist Marcel Duchamp on the first page and on the opposite side of the document. This material has the signature of the Argentinian player also and will be disclosed along with a certificate that proves its authenticity.

The importance of this document lies in Duchamp´s activity during his stay in Buenos Aires: playing chess almost every night. As he said, here is where he became a "chess maniac."

The opening will be on Thursday 8th of November at 7 pm. at the venue of the Fondo Nacional de las Artes, Alsina 673.

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