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Sarasota News Leader August 2, 2013 Page 95 exhibition of modern art in the United States, the news release notes. "For the first time, Americans saw examples of avant-garde European art: Fauvism, Cubism and Futurism. The public sensation and the polemical critical responses to the show represented a watershed in the history of art." Art Center Sarasota is located at 707 N. Tamiami Trail in Sarasota. For more information, call 365-2032 or visit www.artsarasota.org. An enormous success, the show led to the founding of the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum, the release points out. "Art Nouveau was an international style of art, interior design and architecture that peaked in popularity around 1880-1914," the release adds. It was characterized by highly stylized, curvilinear nature motifs, the release notes. A related program, Art Nouveau, will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22, at Jacaranda Trace in Venice. Two decades later, America not only became the capital of the art world, "but also the home Admission for that program also will be $10 of the International Style of Architecture," it at the door. adds. Jacaranda Trace is on the second floor of the The lectures will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Admis- Cadbury Commons Building, located at 3600 William Penn Way in Venice. sion is $10 at the door. A sign outside the Armory in New York City advertises the 1913 modern art show. Contributed photo