Hannibal Buress Really Wants to Touch the Art

Published: July 10, 2017, 4 p.m.

b'Does art have to be beautiful, or can everyday stuff be made into art too? Abbi Jacobson\\xa0brings her friend comedian Hannibal Buress to look at sculptures by Dada and Surrealist artists, who upended the definition of what art could be. Marcel Duchamp and Meret Oppenheim were basically trolling the art world \\u2014\\xa0and the work they made is really funny.\\nAlso featuring: Ann Temkin and Anne Umland\\nView the artwork from this episode at wnyc.org/readymades\\n---\\nAbout the podcast:\\xa0\\nFrom WNYC Studios and MoMA, A Piece of Work is everything you want to know about modern and contemporary art but were afraid to ask. Hosted by "Broad City"\\u2019s Abbi Jacobson, this 10-episode series explores everything from Pop art to performance in lively conversations with curators, artists, and Abbi\\u2019s friends, including Hannibal Buress, Tavi Gevinson, RuPaul, and Questlove.\\nProduced by WNYC Studios.\\xa0www.wnycstudios.org'