[International Exhibition of Modern Art]
Exhibition of art held between February 17 and March 15, 1913 in New York at the 69th Regiment Armory, Lexington Avenue, Manhattan (see fig.), from which it derived its nickname. The exhibition then traveled to the Art Institute of Chicago (March 24–April 16) and Copley Hall, Boston (April 28–May 19). This first large-scale show of modern art held in the USA (see United States: Painting and graphic arts, §3) resulted from the independent campaign of the Association of American Painters and Sculptors, a group of progressive artists formed in 1912 to oppose the National Academy of Design and to broaden exhibition opportunities for American artists. Arthur B. Davies, the president of the group, and Walt Kuhn were determined to present an international survey for the first in what was to have been a series of exhibitions. The Armory Show was modeled on the Sonderbund exhibition in Cologne (...