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Article: The Armory fair has grown since modest beginnings in 1994 into a mainstay of the city's art industry. Louise Nicholson is inspired--and exhausted.(New York News)
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- April 1, 2005
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Not long ago an art fair was a self-contained event in one building. Today, it is increasingly the catalyst for a surge of related events across its host city. Nothing suits New Yorkers better, as last month's Armory Show demonstrated. Perched on two west-side Manhattan piers, it stimulated a city-wide, four-day celebration of international contemporary art.
The Armory Show has grown out of a bohemian fair first organised by four New York art dealers in 1994. It takes its name from the landmark exhibition held in 1913 at the 69th Regiment Armory on Lexington Avenue that introduced European modern art to America. Works by Van Gogh, Duchamp and Brancusi were among ...