Canvas & Consequence

The Riot That Launched Modern Art (Spoiler: It Wasn't Pretty)

Episode Summary

In 1913, a bunch of fancy New Yorkers went to see some European art and absolutely lost their shit—literally rioting over paintings that now hang in every major museum. We're diving into the Armory Show, the exhibition that introduced America to modern art through public outrage, police calls, and one very burned effigy.