Dada • 1917 • VIII
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Kathryn Smith, Roger van Wyk
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4 August 2022
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Dada • 1917 • VIII
Picabia announces a New York lecture by Arthur Cravan in 391. On the day, Cravan arrives late and proceeds to undress in front of his astonished and protesting audience. He is subsequently carried away by the police. Duchamp, who was in attendance, comments later that day, "what a wonderful lecture!"
An entry from the timeline included in the exhibition Dada South? Experimentation, Radicalism and Resistance (2009–2010) at the Iziko National Gallery, which proposed connections between art production in South Africa and abroad against the social and political contexts that framed them. A revised version of this timeline was later featured in the retroactive Flight Paths (2011) exhibition guide commissioned by Clare Butcher.