Conversation Pieces is a programming series that invites University of Chicago scholars and their surprise guests to enter into dialogue with artworks in The 50th: An Anniversary Exhibition. On Valentine’s Day, Associate Professor of Art History and the College, Dr. Martha Ward will be joined by Ph.D. candidate Jenny Harris to discuss Marcel Duchamp’s Box in a Valise (Boîte-en-valise).

Presented by the Feitler Center Faculty Advisory Committee. Free, drop-in program.

Image: Marcel Duchamp, Box in a Valise (Boîte-en-valise), 1935-1941 (1963 edition), Mixed media, box. Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Robert B. Mayer, 1983.30.1-15. © 2002 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris/ Succession Marcel Duchamp.