The 1913 International Exhibition of Modern Art (or Armory Show) marked a turning point in the history of American art and culture. Organized 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 was the moment when the American public was introduced to European avant-garde art. This outstanding interdisciplinary volume re-examines the exhibition and its historical and cultural context. It includes over thirty essays by eminent scholars across diverse fields to evoke the wider social, political, and economic climate during the 1913 show.

AuthorsMarilyn Kushner: Curator and Head, Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections at the New-York Historical Society.Kimberly Orcutt: Curator of American Art at the New-York Historical SocietyCasey Nelson Blake: Professor of History and American Studies at Columbia UniversityContributorsWilliam C. Agee, Professor of Art History, Hunter College, City University ofNew YorkJudith Barter, Curator of American Art, Art Institute of ChicagoAvis Berman, Writer and Independent Art HistorianDaniel Borus, Professor of History, University of RochesterLeon Botstein, President, Bard College and Conductor, American Symphony OrchestraSarah Burns, Professor Emerita, Department of History of Art, Indiana UniversityBarbara Haskell, Curator of Early Twentieth Century Art, Whitney Museum ofAmerican ArtSusan Hegeman, Associate Professor of English, University of FloridaSusan G. Larkin, Independent Art Historian and CuratorDoina Lemny, Attachee de conservation, Centre PompidouLaurette McCarthy, Independent Scholar and CuratorAnne McCauley, Professor of the History of Photography and Modern Art, PrincetonVirginia M. Mecklenburg, Senior Curator, Smithsonian American Art MuseumCharles Musser, Professor of Film Studies and American Studies, Yale UniversityFrancis M. Naumann, Francis M. Naumann Fine ArtRoberta Olson, Curator of Drawings, New-York Historical SocietyDidier Ottinger, Deputy Director, Musee National d’Art Moderne, Centre PompidouMax Page, Professor of Architecture and History, University of Massachusetts inAmherstAimee Brown Price, Independent Art Historian and CuratorGail Stavitsky, Chief Curator, Montclair Art MuseumMichael R. Taylor, Director, Hood Museum of ArtMartha Tedeschi, Curator, Prints and Drawings, Art Institute of ChicagoCarol Troyen, Curator Emerita of American Paintings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston