The Armory Show: The art exhibition that shocked US in 1913

The 1913 Art Show That Shocked Everyone
American television journalist Charles Collingwood (1917 - 1985) (left) interviews French-born American artist Marcel Duchamp (1887 - 1968) for the television program 'Eyewitness to History,' New York, New York, March 31, 1963. The interview took place at the 50th Anniversary Exhibition of the 1913 Armory Show (or International Exhibition of Modern Art) where Duchamp's 'Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2' (seen in the background) had shocked attendees. (Photo by CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)
American television journalist Charles Collingwood (1917 - 1985) (left) interviews French-born American artist Marcel Duchamp (1887 - 1968) for the television program 'Eyewitness to History,' New York, New York, March 31, 1963. The interview took place at the 50th Anniversary Exhibition of the 1913 Armory Show (or International Exhibition of Modern Art) where Duchamp's 'Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2' (seen in the background) had shocked attendees. (Photo by CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)

One hundred years ago in New York City, an exhibition of paintings revolutionised the North American art world.

The Armory Show of 1913 introduced US audiences to the great masters of modern European art for the first time and gave young American artists an opportunity to show their work alongside them.

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