Artpress publishes satirical PDF on journalistic ready-mades

Artpress magazine published a satirical PDF article imagining what journalism would look like if journalists applied Marcel Duchamp's concept of the ready-made with the same laziness as the artist. The piece, titled "Les ventes : ready made du journaliste" (Sales: journalist's ready-made), was released on September 1, 2008, and is available for download on the artpress website. The article playfully critiques both art and journalism by conflating Duchamp's readymade—ordinary objects presented as art—with journalistic practices of reusing existing content without original effort.