Portable chess set invented by Marcel Duchamp (1943) (All images by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise specified) BRIGHTON, UK — Swapping out pieces in a game of chess is only a smart move ...

In the 1920s, Marcel Duchamp claimed to no longer be making art, and began to devote considerable time to chess. He’d grown up battling with his older brothers, Raymond and Jacques, and in his later ...

Want to eat lunch with a king and queen? Brian Swanson’s piece, “King and Queen,” makes that possible at the light-rail station 16th and Stout streets. Swanson wanted the public to be able to dine ...

Chess is a game of skill, patience, and tact. So it’s no surprise that when it comes to the production of some of the world’s most exclusive and luxurious chess tables, those same principles apply.

It was the encyclopedias on painting and sculpture that his parents got that first ignited a young Marcos Ramirez’s interest in visual arts. After earning a law degree in Mexico, then working ...

Two people hunched over a black and white checkered board, deliberating what moves they will make, how their opponent might counter and how they might counter that counter, with barely a flicker of ...

The total value of an artist’s artworks sold at auction over a specific period. This metric reflects the artist’s overall market activity and demand in monetary terms. The middle value of all realized ...