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), 1966, Mixed media, assemblage: red leather box containing miniature replicas, photographs, and color reproductions of works by Marcel Duchamp. Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, Gift of Helen and Sam Zell, 2015.31.1-8.