{"id":16110,"date":"2017-03-02T22:04:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T22:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/?p=16110"},"modified":"2017-03-02T22:04:49","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T22:04:49","slug":"celebrating-armory-arts-week-moma-plays-host-to-armory-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/celebrating-armory-arts-week-moma-plays-host-to-armory-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Armory Arts Week: MoMA Plays Host to Armory Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, the art world descended on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moma.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Museum of Modern Art<\/a> to celebrate opening of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thearmoryshow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Armory Show<\/a> and Armory Arts Week.\u00a0The Armory Show is New York\u2019s premier art fair and is in town until March 5th. Staged on Piers 92 and 94 the fair features presentations by leading international galleries, innovative artist commissions, and dynamic public programs. Read our Armory Arts Week Guide <a href=\"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/the-insiders-guide-to-armory-arts-week-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Armory Party, kicked off around 9:00 p.m. and featured access to many of MoMA&#8217;s exhibitions including <em>A Revolutionary Impulse: The Rise of the Russian Avant-Garde <\/em>and\u00a0<em>Francis Picabia&#8217;s: Our Heads Are Around so Our Thoughts Can Change Direction.\u00a0<\/em>The scene\u00a0was quite fitting given that temperatures reached a high of 70 degrees. From drinks with tiny umbrellas to palm trees, we couldn&#8217;t help wonder if we entered a museum or a Miami night club.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16116\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16116\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16116\" src=\"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4445a-e1488491425397.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u00a9 2017 Scott Rudd, www.scottruddevents.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The main event was a performance by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stlucianewyork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Lucia<\/a> who&#8217;s music is often described as &#8220;high-energy, artful pop.&#8221; Their performance did not disappoint, as they played favorites\u00a0like &#8220;All Eyes On You&#8221; which was one of the many highlights of the evening. DJ Helado Negro also took the floor to keep the party going throughout the evening.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16111\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16111\" style=\"width: 632px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16111\" src=\"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4625a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"632\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4625a.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4625a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4625a-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4625a-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_4625a-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u00a9 2017 Scott Rudd, www.scottruddevents.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>top image\/\/ Scott Rudin<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, the art world descended on The Museum of Modern Art <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":16112,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16110"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}