"More than a group of artists marking the artistic modernity of the twentieth century, the association of Duchamp, Man Ray and Picabia sounds like a constellation... these three men constitute a kind of occult triumvirate of the artistic avant-garde." To coincide with the first exhibition to explore the inter-relationship between Duchamp, Man Ray and Picabia, to be staged at Tate Modern, Allan Savage looks at this relationship through the fascination of all three artists with the game of chess.

Contents

· Editors' Note
· Lyle Rexer on Peter Doig
· James Lingwood on Juan Muñoz
· Harry Mathews on Niki de Saint Phalle
· Laura Gabriela on Niki de Saint Phalle
· Jacqueline Matisse Monnier on Niki de Saint Phalle
· Fiona MacCarthy on Edward Burne-Jones
· Bernard Marcadé on Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia
· Lydie Fischer Sarazin-Levassor on Marcel Duchamp
· Monnier, Demos, Baker and Knowles on Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia
· Allan Savage on Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia
· Rose Hilton in the studio
· Steven Connor on Air
· Desmond Corcoran on Edward Burra
· Thomas Kellein on Walter de Maria's 'The Broken Kilometer'
· James Beechey on The Camden Town Group
· MicroTate
· Paul Bailey in the Tate Archive

Image reference 1: Shigeko Kubota Marcel Duchamp Teeny Duchamp and John Cage playing chess
© Shigeko Kubota/ courtesy of Maya Stendhal Gallery , New York.

Image reference 2: Peter Doig.100 Years Ago [Carrera] 2001
Collection Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Oil on canvas 229x358cm