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Sarasota News Leader May 10, 2013 Page 110 FIRST MAJOR MODERN ART EXHIBIT IN THE U.S. TO BE FOCUS OF LECTURE At 3:30 p.m. on May 15, a lecture at Jacaran- "The show was an enormous success," the reda Trace in Venice will focus on The Armory lease notes. "More importantly, it was a cataShow. lyst for American artists, who were seeking a The International Exhibition of Modern Art, way to define their own voice." which opened in New York City on Feb. 17, This lecture is being presented in conjunction 1913 and became known as The Armory Show, was the first large exhibition of modern with The John and Mable Ringling Museum of art in the United States, a news release notes. Art exhibit, 100 Years of American Art, which "For the first time, Americans saw examples will open in June. of avant-garde European art: Fauvism, Cubism, and Futurism. The public sensation and Jacaranda Trace is located on the second floor the polemical, critical responses to the show of the Cadbury Commons Building, 3600 Wilrepresented a watershed in the history of art," liam Penn Way in Venice. Admission is $10 at the door. For reservations, call 416-4362. the release adds. The 1913 Armory Show will be the subject of a lecture at Jacaranda Trace. Contributed photo