How Marcel Marceau Used Mime to Save Youngsters Through the Holocaust

In 1972, Jer­ry Lewis made the ill-con­sid­ered deci­sion to jot down, direct, and star in a movie a couple of Ger­man clown in Auschwitz. The outcome was so terrible that he nev­er allowed its launch, and it fast­ly acquired the repute—together with dis­as­ters like George Lucas’ Star Wars Hol­i­day Spe­cial—as one of many largest mis­takes…

How Marcel Duchamp Signed a Urinal in 1917 & Redefined Artwork

Mar­cel Duchamp did­n’t signal his title on a uri­nal for lack of abil­i­ty to cre­ate “actual” artwork. In reality, as defined by gal­lerist-Youtu­ber James Payne in the brand new Nice Artwork Defined video above, Ducham­p’s grand­fa­ther was an artist, as have been three of his sib­lings; he him­self attained impres­sive tech­ni­cal professional­fi­cien­cy in paint­ing by…