‘The Strangest Work Of Art Any Museum Has Ever Had In It’ (And It’s In Philadelphia)

“The [Marcel Duchamp] diorama known by its abbreviated French title Étant donnés is spectacularly bizarre, enigmatic, mysterious, disturbing, captivating, and, perhaps to some observers, repellent. None of those attributes is obvious, because Étant donnés is also as secluded as a cloistered nun.”