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Welcome to the second round of M(art)ch Madness 2015, where your votes decide the greatest artist of the 20th century! (Really.)
Round 1 saw some big upsets, with the biggest coming in the Los Angeles Regional. No. 3 seed Kasimir Malevich was ousted by No. 14 seed Jean-Michel Basquiat and Man Ray, a No. 11 seed, destroyed No. 6 Ellsworth Kelly, grabbing 81 percent of the votes. Ray is now the last photographer still in the tournament.
Also out are higher seeds Diane Arbus (losing to Rene Magritte) and Amedeo Modigliani, who lost a squeaker to Joseph Cornell. Jackson Pollock, the top seed in the New York Regional, narrowly averted a huge upset bid by No. 16 Frida Kahlo, with just 50.6 percent of the votes (or just 3 votes). Remember, your votes matter!
The full bracket, with percentages for each contest, is here: http://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=457697
(Apologies for the crap website – you have to paste the link into your browser and click on “championship bracket”)
If this whole exercise seems slightly ridiculous, you’re not alone. But here are some FAQs that might help it make sense.
And now on to the second round. Vote using any criteria that makes sense to you. But vote!
Paris Regional
No. 1 Pablo Picasso vs.
No. 8 Marc Chagall
No. 4 Alexander Calder vs.
No. 12 Joseph Cornell
No. 3 Georgia O’Keeffe vs.
No. 11 Gustav Klimt
No. 2 Wassily Kandinsky vs,
No. 10 Constantin Brancusi
New York Regional
No. 1 Jackson Pollock vs.
No. 8 Louise Bourgeois
No. 4 Roy Lichtenstein vs.
No. 5 Willem De Kooning
No. 3 Jasper Johns vs.
No. 6 Giorgio De Chirico
No. 2 Piet Mondrian vs.
No. 7 Richard Serra
Berlin Regional
No. 1 Henri Matisse vs.
No. 8 Edward Hopper
No. 4 Georges Braque vs.
No. 5 Andy Warhol
No. 3 Gerhard Richter vs.
No. 11 Rene Magritte
No.2 Mark Rothko vs.
No. 7 Joan Miro
Los Angeles Regional
No. 1 Marcel Duchamp vs.
No. 9 Anselm Kiefer
No. 4 Henry Moore vs.
No. 5 Diego Rivera
No. 11 Man Ray vs.
No. 14 Jean-Michel Basquiat
No. 2 Robert Rauschenberg vs.
No. 7 Paul Klee
Percival Henry: The Fantastic Four and more 