Timeline Monday 17 February 1913

Events on Monday 17 February 1913 1

• 1913 Armory Show Opens in New York First major exhibition of modern art in the United States The International Exhibition of Modern Art opened at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York City. It introduced American audiences to Cubism, Fauvism, and other European avant-garde movements, including Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase. The show provoked public controversy and reshaped American art criticism.