Friday, November 1, 2013

at the New-York Historical Society

The year was 1913:




Today, I went to see: The Armory Show at 100: Modern Art and Revolution

This phenomenal exhibit is not to be missed!

"Works by Duchamp, Matisse, Picasso, Cézanne, Gauguin, and Van Gogh will be on display in The Armory Show at 100: Modern Art and Revolution, which revisits the famous 1913 New York Armory Show on its 100th anniversary. In 1913, the International Exhibition of Modern Art came to New York. Organized by a small group of American artists and presented at the Lexington Avenue Armory (and thus nicknamed the Armory Show), it introduced the American public to European avant-garde painting and sculpture. This exhibition is an exploration of how the Armory Show inspired seismic shifts in American culture, politics, and society."

The Artworks

Marcel Duchamp, (French, 1887-1968), Nude Descending a Staircase



Blue Nude, Henri Matisse


After the Bath, Edgar Degas


Algerian Girl, Pierre Auguste Renoir


Morning on Long Island, Oscar Bluemner


The Armory today:



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