
A Tremendous Generosity: Jeff Koons on Marcel Duchamp
Jeff Koons tells Alison McDonald about his appreciation for the pioneering artist and thinker Marcel Duchamp.
February 26, 2026
The Spring 2026 issue of Gagosian Quarterly is now available, featuring Marcel Duchamp’s L.H.O.O.Q. (1964) on the cover.

Marcel Duchamp’s L.H.O.O.Q. (1964), on the cover of Gagosian Quarterly, Spring 2026
Marcel Duchamp’s L.H.O.O.Q. (1964), on the cover of Gagosian Quarterly, Spring 2026
Inside the issue, Jeff Koons pays homage to Duchamp’s tremendous generosity. On the occasion of an exhibition of historic works by Jasper Johns, Larry Gagosian reflects on the artist’s crosshatching technique and its impact on audiences past and present. We also trace the evolution of Michael Heizer’s complex negative sculptures and celebrate the fortieth anniversary of Nan Goldin’s The Ballad of Sexual Dependency.
Helen Oyeyemi drops readers into our 2026 fiction series, As You Wish, with the first installment, “Introduction to a Genie (of Sorts).” As part of a special section on architecture, Deborah McLeod shares a personal tribute to Frank Gehry, and we highlight a range of practitioners, theorists, and publications in the field. In the world of film, Kristen Stewart speaks about her directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, and Carlos Valladares reveals the lesser-known sides of the great Diane Keaton.
Elsewhere in the issue, Justin Beal writes on Jonas Wood’s new tennis court paintings; Jason Stanley explores Titus Kaphar’s remembering of American history; Valentina Castellani considers the influence of the French gallerist Berthe Weill; and Avis Berman delves into Roy Lichtenstein’s early days in New York.
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Artwork © Succession Marcel Duchamp/ADAGP, Paris/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Jeff Koons tells Alison McDonald about his appreciation for the pioneering artist and thinker Marcel Duchamp.

Don Quaintance’s new book Duchamp in California: Walter Hopps Curates a Retrospective (Menil Collection/König, 2025) details the rich history of the Pasadena Art Museum and the consequential Marcel Duchamp retrospective that Walter Hopps curated there in 1963. Here Quaintance gives the backstory to the monograph and shares an excerpt from the book’s fourth chapter.

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