THE ARMORY SHOW of 1913 – MODERN ART COMES to AMERICA

New York’s great international show of modernism at the 26th Street Armory in 1913 was the exhibition that dazzled American provincialism with European sophistication; the event that delivered American culture, kicking and screaming, to the world stage. It introduced the American public to European avant-garde painting and sculpture – the tour that brought the latest paintings of Duchamp, Picasso, and Matisse—along with up to 1,200 other works by 300 artists—to New York, Chicago, and Boston, exhibiting the works side by side with the best works of American artists. The established values in the art world itself were thoroughly shaken after the Armory Show.

Join Beth Stein as we learn more about this seminal event in the history of American and European art.

This program was made possible by a grant from Mass Cultural Council.

This program was made possible by a grant from Chatham Cultural Council.