Marcel Duchamp leads cultural fete

If you are a big fan of Marcel Duchamp, known as "the father of modern art", then be sure to visit Beijing's 798 Art District as the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art presents a large amount of the French-American painter's work on Friday.

The exhibition, in partnership with the Institut Francais de Chine, is the fanciest show of Duchamp's artwork in China to date.

"This is the first time that anything on such a large scale has been shown in terms of influence and tradition, and the impact of Duchamp's ideas about modernity and the contemporary," said Amanda Halliday, spokeswoman for the UCCA. As part of the 2013 Festival Croisements, the Duchamp exhibition will last to June 16.