EventsThe New Social Environment#1367
Marcel Duchamp
Featuring Matthew Affron, Michelle Kuo, Ann Temkin, and Thierry de Duve
Tuesday, June 9, 2026 1 p.m. Eastern / 10 a.m. Pacific
These free events are produced by The Brooklyn Rail.
Curators Matthew Affron, Michelle Kuo, and Ann Temkin join art historian Thierry de Duve for a conversation on Zoom.
Matthew Affron

Michelle Kuo

Michelle Kuo is Chief Curator at Large and Publisher at The Museum of Modern Art. She is the curator of Jack Whitten: The Messenger; and leads interdisciplinary work on temporary and collection exhibitions, digital initiatives, research and scholarship, and acquisitions for the Museum’s collection, and directs MoMA’s global publications program. Kuo joined MoMA in 2018 as the Marlene Hess Curator of Painting and Sculpture. Recent exhibitions and collaborations include Otobong Nkanga: Cadence (2024–25), Artist’s Choice: Grace Wales Bonner—Spirit Movers (2024), among others. She has written and lectured widely; her publications include Sensing the Future: Experiments in Art and Technology (2024), she serves on the advisory board of the Museum Brandhorst, Munich, and the journal October.
Ann Temkin

Ann Temkin is the Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art. Among the recent exhibitions that she has curated or co-curated at MoMA are Marcel Duchamp (2026), Projects: Marlon Mullen (2024), Matisse: The Red Studio (2022), and Judd (2020). From 1990 to 2003, she was the Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Thierry de Duve

We’d like to thank The Marion Boulton Kippy Stroud Foundation and Teiger Foundation for making these conversations possible, and for their support of our growing archive 🌈✨