Armory Show at 100: Modernism and Revolution - Hardcover

Winner of the CHOICE Award for Outstanding Academic Title 2014 "The catalogue is absolutely first-rate"--Karen Wilkin, The New Criterion "Gorgeously illustrated"--The New York Times, Sunday Book Review "It conveys a good idea of how and why an exhibition that happened a century ago is still worth thinking about"--Ken Johnson, The New York Times Holiday Gift Guide 2013 "Will offer nuance to the standard shock-and-awe Armory story"--Holland Cotter, The New York Times "While the Armory Show may now be only a vague historical event, by the end of 2013 we should all have given it a thorough reconsideration"--James Panero, The New Criterion "Giving a wide cultural and social picture of New York in that era" The Art Newspaper An "impressive volume"--Maine Antique Digest "A monumental undertaking worthy of the Armory Show's 100th anniversary"--W. L. Whitwell, CHOICE "It will serve as the definitive book on this topic for years to come"--Isabel Taube, Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide "The catalogue is absolutely first-rate"--Karen Wilkin, "The New Criterion" "Gorgeously illustrated"--"The New York Times, Sunday Book Review" "It conveys a good idea of how and why an exhibition that happened a century ago is still worth thinking about"--Ken Johnson, "The New York Times Holiday Gift Guide 2013" "Will offer nuance to the standard shock-and-awe Armory story"--Holland Cotter, "The New York Times" "While the Armory Show may now be only a vague historical event, by the end of 2013 we should all have given it a thorough reconsideration"--James Panero, "The New Criterion" "Giving a wide cultural and social picture of New York in that era" "The Art Newspaper" "Gorgeously illustrated"-- "The New York Times, Sunday Book Review" "It conveys a good idea of how and why an exhibition that happened a century ago is still worth thinking about"-- Ken Johnson, "The New York Times Holiday Gift Guide 2013" "Will offer nuance to the standard shock-and-awe Armory story"-- Holland Cotter, "The New York Times" "While the Armory Show may now be only a vague historical event, by the end of 2013 we should all have given it a thorough reconsideration"-- James Panero, "The New Criterion" "Giving a wide cultural and social picture of New York in that era" "The Art Newspaper" "The expansive catalog with short essays by scholars should be required reading"-- Ken Johnson, "The New York Times" "Will offer nuance to the standard shock-and-awe Armory story"-- Holland Cotter, "The New York Times" "While the Armory Show may now be only a vague historical event, by the end of 2013 we should all have given it a thorough reconsideration"-- James Panero, "The New Criterion" "Giving a wide cultural and social picture of New York in that era" "The Art Newspaper" "Will offer nuance to the standard shock-and-awe Armory story" Holland Cotter, "The New York Times" "While the Armory Show may now be only a vague historical event, by the end of 2013 we should all have given it a thorough reconsideration" James Panero, "The New Criterion" "Giving a wide cultural and social picture of New York in that era" "The Art Newspaper"

The 1913 International Exhibition of Modern Art (better known as the Armory Show) marked a turning point in the history of American art and culture. Organised by a small group of American artists and presented in the huge space of the 69th Regiment Armory in New York City, this ambitious exhibition of 1,400 works is remembered as the moment when the American public was introduced to European avant-garde art. This outstanding interdisciplinary volume includes 31 contributions by eminent scholars, re-examining the 1913 exhibition in its historical and cultural context. They draw on contemporary developments in music, literature, and early film to evoke the wider social, political, and economic climate of the time. Over 320 illustrations reflect the richness of the show, shedding new light on the artists represented, and vividly evoking the public and media responses to this legendary exhibition.