Francis M. Naumann is a scholar, curator, and art dealer, specializing in the art of the
Dada movement and the
Surrealist periods.
He is author of numerous articles and exhibition catalogues, including
New York Dada 1915-25 (Harry N. Abrams, 1994) and
Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Making Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (
Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1999).
In 1996, he organized "Making Mischief: Dada Invades New York" for the
Whitney Museum of American Art, in 1997, "Beatrice Wood: A Centennial Tribute" for the American Craft Museum in New York, and, in 2003, he co-curated "Conversion to Modernism: The Early Work of Man Ray" for the Montclair Art Museum.
His gallery is located in New York City at 24 West 57th Street, in the heart of the midtown gallery district. His gallery shows the works of artists
Marcel Duchamp,
Beatrice Wood and
Man Ray among others.
Recently he has published an essay entitled "Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess" in which the correlation between Duchamp's chess activities and his art is further examined.
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