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I had an hour to spare before going off to the Louvre and was close to the Centre Pompidou. So I popped in to see the Marcel Duchamp Prize winners of 2012. This is for contemporary art. Frankly I have never been too inspired by the artists who win the prize. Usually it’s an installation which in my book doesn’t relate to art. This though did a little as it was not far from the Carpets and tapestries I raved about in the MAM. I don’t want either in my living room, but I liked both presentations……the tapestry must have been quite something to complete as it is knotted by hand and I think the other one was or is to be presented in Amsterdam where it will « take residence ». Danirl Dewar et Gregory Gicquel - Marcel Duchamp 2012 The Amstel River (for station in Amsterdam ) The dog the dressing gown the shoes the lobster I got to the Louvre about an hour later and as usual had time on my hands. My last experience of Robert Wilson was a «...