The Armory Show

A lot of people have not yet really fully accepted modernism in America at that point.

You know, it sort of broke into American mindset in 1920s, in 1908, the show of the Eight, the Armory Show.

Then, of course, the Museum of Modern Art has begun, opens its doors in 1929.

But There was a lot of controversy about modernism.

A lot of people have not yet really fully accepted modernism in America at that point.

You know, it sort of broke into American mindset in 1920s, in 1908, the show of the Eight, the Armory Show.

Then, of course, the Museum of Modern Art has begun, opens its doors in 1929.

But There was a lot of controversy about modernism.

Well, and a lot of firsts, right? So her compass was always set on quality.

She wanted the collection to showcase the best of American art.

She said in her television interview, I feel so strongly that the white us should have as fine a collection of American pictures as possible, end of quote.

So she began with a wish list that was really like a compendium of our finest artists.

So no taxpayer dollars can every president, of course, and first lady is now represented in the collection.

Thanks to Mrs. Kennedy.

Yeah, I think that's something I want to just kind of make sure we're very clear on, that these sort of categories of areas she wanted to kind of showcase and focus, the sort of organization that she created, these sorts of things, they are still going on, right? These are not kind of, oh, she liked modernist things sort of at the time, but we haven't added to that in the 50 years, you know.

for 50 years, these are all sort of things that are still present in the collection.

Well, and a lot of firsts, right? So her compass was always set on quality.

She wanted the collection to showcase the best of American art.

She said in her television interview, I feel so strongly that the White House should have as fine a collection of American pictures as possible, end of quote.

So she began with a wish list that was really like a compendium of our finest artists.

So no taxpayer dollars can every president, of course, and first lady is now represented in the collection.

Thanks to Mrs. Kennedy.

Yeah, I think that's something I want to just kind of make sure we're very clear on, that these sort of categories of areas she wanted to kind of showcase and focus, the sort of organization that she created, these sorts of things, they are still going on, right? These are not kind of, oh, she liked modernist things sort of at the time, but we haven't added to that in the 50 years, you know, history.

for 50 years, these are all sort of things that are still present in the collection.