MODERN ART INVASION

In 1910 New York's art scene was dull and stuck in the past-lagging considerably behind Europe. Before the century reached its midpo int, however, New York would come to dominate the art world. It seemed that in a blink of an eye New York City transformed from prov incial backwater to vibrant epicenter of the art world. This incredible transformation was entirely triggered by the Armory Show, th e most important art exhibit in U.S. history. Held at Manhattan's 69th Regiment Armory in 1913, the show brought modernism to Americ a in an ...[Llegir més]