It began with a longing to make the world a better place. While WWI raged, claiming what would amount to tens of millions of lives, it decimated the fantasy of order, leaving chaos and, as some would ...

A century ago, international artists and writers met in Zurich to form a new movement, Dadaism. Their anti-art was a response to an ever-present issue: the madness of war. Hugo Ball, Tristan Tzara and ...

While Dadaism did give rise to Surrealism, the artistic movement hardly invented absurdity. In fact, a short-lived phenomenon called Les Arts Incohérents was spawned in the late 19th century in Paris, ...

Shitposting is not new but as more and more adults try to keep track of what youngsters are posting online, the concept is finding way into conversations L.H.O.O.Q. is a work of art by Marcel Duchamp, ...

When Dadaism began, it was primarily a response to World War I, to depressing nationalism and audacious capitalism. Defying the falsely perceived rationality of those in power, Dada artists used ...

“Beyond Painting”, the title of a major exhibition of the work of Max Ernst at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, could be mistaken for a curator’s matter-of-fact description of a show that, ...

A Frenchman who attacked and damaged “Fountain,” a urinal declared a work of art by Dada pioneer Marcel Duchamp, was ordered on Tuesday to pay a fine of $262,700. A Paris court also gave Pierre ...

The mayor of Lawrence Kansas has proclaimed International Dadaism Month. But in the spirit of the absurdist movement, celebration dates are spread throughout the year. This week Lawrence, Kansas, ...

Lawrence residents, pay heed to what your mayor has to say – “zimzim urallala zimzim urallala zimzim zanzibar zimzalla zam.” No, really. Mayor Boog Highberger wants to awaken Lawrence to the wacky ...