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Poster of a black and white silhouette of a face surrounded by orange and yellow text.

May 31, 2024

Lights, Camera, Soul!

Rating: G

Es-pranza Humphrey

Fifth Anniversary Block Party Recap

Rating: G

Poster of a horse head made out of a giant wave.

Introducing the Living Archive Wall

Rating: PG-13

A Message from Our Chief Curator: Five Years of Poster House

Rating: G

Poster of a black and white silhouette of a face surrounded by orange and yellow text.

Lights, Camera, Soul!

Rating: G

Psychedelic poster of a man flying through space above a lake and island dotted landscape.

Earth Day in Posters

Rating: G

Poster of a man looking at the solar eclipse.

It’s a Poster Eclipse!

Rating: G

Photographic poster of Black men protesting.

The Crumbling Walls of Attica

Rating: PG-13

Photographic poster of a man in lipstick.

The Tolerance Project Pop Up in NYC

Rating: PG-13

Poster of a group of Germanically dressed people standing outside a train.

Ludwig Hohlwein’s Poster for the Isidor Bach Clothing Store

Rating: G

Poster of a woman in a feathered dress smoking and eating mints.

Two Posters by Leonetto Cappiello: Cigarettes, Seduction, & an Elephant

Rating: PG-13

Photograph of the interior of a colorful gallery.

Poster House’s First Awards!

Rating: G

Photograph of two people working on a press bed.

Four Days with Amos Kennedy

Rating: PG-13

A group of people stand behind a table

West Side Fest Recap!

Kid-Friendly, Rating: G

A poster of a globe floating in the middle of a room.

Seven Environmental Success Stories

Rating: G

Psychedelic poster of a man flying through space above a lake and island dotted landscape.

Building An Environmental Playlist

Rating: G

A letterpress poster of the word

Environmental Activism: Resources

Rating: G

Photograph of a woman kneeling in front of a metal type case.

How I Spent My Summer Vacation As A Letterpress Printer

Rating: G

A woman smiles with a cochlear implant in front of a forested background.

Disability Pride Is Here: An Interview with Poster House’s Accessibility Coordinator, Sarit Cahana

Rating: G

A Black woman stands by an art piece featuring the image of a mountain.

Hidden. Found. Remembered.

Rating: G

Photograph of a framed work of art featuring black and white images of dancers on top of an MTA announcement poster.

You Depend on Us: A Close Look at a Poster

Rating: G

A picture of Kyohei Inukai in his studio.

Kyohei Inukai: Rediscovering a Japanese American Artist’s Legacy

Rating: G

A lithographic poster of a window with the words

Female Spies of World War II

Rating: G

A couple looking at Air-India ephemera in a glass case at a museum gallery.

Here’s a Look At All of Poster House’s Free Offerings

Rating: G

A Black woman in a black dress pointing to an image on display at an art museum.

Black Power to Black People: An Interview with Curator Es-pranza Humphrey

Rating: G

A group of people dance in an open plaza against a city building.

Poster House Block Party Recap!

Rating: G

A large crowd of well dressed artsy people attending a party at Poster House.

Free Admission Every Friday!

Rating: G

A photograph featuring a colorful booklet cover with a butterfly, snail and beetle on a hot pink background. Text reads Poster House How To Print.

Rating: G

Lithographic poster in brown and black hues of a woman in an elaborate headdress

Julius Klinger: A Little Blog of Terms

Rating: G

Photographic poster of a woman's face in greyscale with bright brown eyes and a moth covering her mouth.

Movie Posters That Changed Entertainment Marketing

Rating: G

Photographic poster of a man in a white suit laughing in a chair

Armin Hofmann: 1920–2020

Rating: G

A letterpress poster on a red and yellow background with black text stating the only tired i was was tired of giving in

Letterpress Artist Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.’s Rosa Parks Series

Rating: G

A photo featuring a red devil figurine inside a wooden casket on a gray background.

2020 Poster House Staff Holiday Gift Guide

Rating: G

A poster of a drawn red fist against a black and blue background with the words we the people over it.

We The People by ThoughtMatter

Rating: G

A montage photo of four interns smiling on Zoom, on a mauve background.

Interning at Poster House: Summer Edition!

Rating: G

A poster of a black locomotive traveling through a pastel mountainous range with stars and a moon above.

Railway Posters from Britain: 1923–1939

Rating: G

A digital poster of a mountain meant to represent NYC's battle with COVID19. There are many, many details of the various steps the city took over 111 days.

A Case for Cuomo’s Posters

Rating: G

A man in a black sweater.

A Tribute to Milton Glaser

Rating: G

A black and white poster of a mod woman surrounded by beardsley drawings.

Alice Boots and Suffragette Shoes

Rating: PG-13

A lithographic poster of a black man leading a protest.

The Civil Rights Movement in China

Rating: PG-13

A lithographic poster of a woman in silhouette.

Eckersley-Lombers: Poster Partnership, 1934–46

Rating: G

An illustrational black panther poster.

A Century of Posters Protesting Violence Against Black Americans

Rating: PG-13

A black and white poster of a burst skull blowing out gas.

Posters & The Environment

Rating: PG-13

An illustrative poster of a person surfacing from water and pointing a finger at the viewer.

A Brief History of PSA Posters

Rating: PG-13

An illustrative poster of a family standing outside a bustling shopping mall.

Hisui Sugiura and the New Woman in Japan

Rating: G

A poster of 3 women in different occupations wearing red and blue uniforms and the text, women work for victory.

Rating: G

An illustrational poster of an Indian deity that is advertising soap.

Learning From The Women At Home

Rating: G

A poster for a music festival displaying an image of a french horn.

Collecting Swiss Posters

Rating: G

An illustrational poster of a man driving a classic car up a hill.

Alex Kow: 1901–78

Rating: G

An illustrational poster featuring an Asian man and woman dressed traditionally within a domestic interior.

The Sleeping Giant: Background to the Tour I Have Yet to Give

Rating: G

A photomontage poster of a soldier coughing on the food of his comrades.

Public Health Tips

Rating: PG-13

illustrational poster with abstract shapes colored shades of blue and brown

Desert Island Posters

Rating: G

A photomontage poster of women raising their fists.

A History of American Protest

Rating: PG-13

A poster with a silhouette of a blue face on a yellow background that says combat the virus not the people.

Digital PSA Posters

Rating: G

A black and white illustration featuring a peacock on a psychedelic inspired background.

Wes Wilson: From Art Nouveau to Psychedelic

Rating: PG-13

An aerial view of a village in black and white.

Follow the Golden Ratio from Africa to the Bauhaus for a Cross-Cultural Aesthetic for Images

Rating: G

A photo of a textile made from combining various colored strips of cloth arranged in a geometric pattern with orange, yellow, white and gold paisley.

Improv & Weaving: Recombinant Methods of Co-production in Design

Rating: G

A typeface graphic in colorful lettering on a black background. Text reads The Bold Principle Dapifer typeface designed by Joshua Darden.

Rating: G

A photo featuring a variety of colorful digital posters with images of Black performers and text overlapping one another.

New Perspectives on Teaching Design

Rating: G

A graphic featuring a multi-layered jumble of images, type, swirling pop geometry and reproduced local imagery in blue on white.

GRIDS are games: notes on a  relationship

Rating: G

Three women adding to the 1950's inspired dry-erase board in the Children's Space at Poster House.

Our Children’s Exhibition Area

Rating: G

An illustrational billboard of a suited man holding a crystal ball that resembles Earth.

Carter the Great

Rating: G

A poster inside of an MTA subway car of two creatures wearing capes from the Star Wars films.

Star Wars Transit Authority

Rating: G

A graphic soliciting votes for the Reader's Choice award with a photo of guests sitting by a billboard.

Vote for Poster House!

Rating: G

An illustrational poster of grapes, sunflowers, and crawling ants on top of a plaid tablecloth.

Café des Affiches Gets a Makeover

Rating: G

A lithographic image of a woman in a green dress riding a red horse on a black background.

Poster Timeline Installed

Rating: G

A hand-painted poster of a man with short curly hair holding a chest with a creature inside.

Top Five Movies In Baptized By Beefcake

Rating: R

An illustrational poster of a woman wearing an embellished head piece.

Poster House Staff Holiday Gift Guide

Rating: G

An illustrational poster of a woman with many flowers surrounding her kneeling on a beach.

Mucha & Modern Advertising

Rating: G

A neon green poster with an illustration of short navy blue hair and pink text.

Paula Scher: The Public Theater Collection

Rating: PG-13

A movie poster of an astronaut floating in space with a spacecraft and a planet behind them.

Renato Casaro: Master of Movie Posters

Rating: G

An illustrative poster of a statue of a person with arms out as rays of light and clouds surround it.

Posters of the Green New Deal

Rating: G

An illustrative poster of a person in a kimono eating by a table with washing hands in the background.

Posters of the Japan Red Cross Society

Rating: G

A train station advertisement of Poster House with a black cat poster near a station exit.

Station Domination: An Underground Exhibition

Rating: G

A poster of the front of a big, black and white cruise ship in a body of water.

What is Art Deco?

Rating: G

The head of a white dog overlaying onto a poster promoting a magician with the Poster Photo Booth.

Our Poster Photo Booth!

Rating: G

A poster of a ship arriving to New York and passing the Statue of Liberty as a crowd greets them.

The Immigrant & American Advertising

Rating: G

A phone booth with a poster mocking realtor agencies of Trump Towers and the 2016 presidential elections.

A Presidential Parody

Rating: PG-13

A black poster of a mostly nude female pumping air into a flower as its pollen pops out.

Remembering Tomi Ungerer

Rating: R

A red poster of a baby holding a gold object as pink flowers, red fish, and gold surround her.

The Year of the Pig!

Rating: G

A red poster of a warrior with a galea helmet, spear, and shield while also wearing a safety vest.

Contemporary Poster Roundup: 2018 Edition

Rating: R

A black hand drawn poster of a flexing arm with a blue and red text of

Hot Poster Tips!

Rating: PG-13

A yellow poster of Andy Warhol and Jean Michel Basquiat in boxing attire and boxing gloves.

Andy Warhol-From A to P(osters)

Rating: G

A rainbow poster with abstract overlays that shape into a soldier, a person, and a child holding flowers.

Happy Hanukkah!

Rating: G

A poster of a person using a shovel with a text of

Poster Animation Competition

Rating: G

A woman in a black tutu is posing in a poster illustration filter of a clown in a small car.

A Poster Halloween

Rating: G

A collage poster of 2 people leaning on a fence with blue red and white stripes in the background.

Poster House + The Library of Congress

Rating: G

A tile wall with a white poster of a man wearing a safety vest, helmet, and gloves.

Winston Tseng & the Viral Subway Takeover

Rating: R

A smiling man wearing a safety best is holding a large roll of poster in a train station.

The Secret Life of Billposters

Rating: G

A pair of hands pasting a poster advertising the NY art book fair onto a wall.

Poster House & The NY Art Book Fair

Rating: G

A poster of a person smoking a cigar with red suspenders over a plaid shirt and sparkly bracelets.

Hot Poster Gossip: Mistinguett Edition

Rating: G

A poster of a face with long hair and an embroidered headpiece while the zodiac signs are behind them.

The Poster Zodiac

Rating: PG-13

A red poster of an illustrative outline of a white bird resting on a blue and green guitar.

Hot Poster Gossip: Woodstock Edition

Rating: PG-13

A hand is holding a flyer, with the pride flag, that is announcing a train message.

Hop Aboard the #PrideTrain

Rating: PG-13

A yellow poster of a speech bubble by a woman rolling up the sleeve of her jump suit to flex her arm.

Hot Poster Gossip: Rosie Edition

Rating: G

A poster of a person with a black beret and coat holding onto a stick as a shadowy figure is behind him.

Rating: PG-13

An orange poster of 3 heads with geometric abstract afros and bubbly patterns around the text.

From Woodstock to Broadway: The Poster Art of David Byrd

Rating: PG-13

An orange poster of a graphic gray hand with the thumb and index finger out to form a finger gun.

Hot Poster Gossip: ThoughtMatter Edition

Rating: PG-13

A vase with flowers are extending from a black poster advertising a concert.

Plants of Posters: An Interview

Rating: G

A blue poster with yellow text advertising Manhattan Mini Storage.

Hot Poster Gossip: Manhattan Mini Storage Edition

Rating: PG-13

A telephone booth with a poster of a blue person at the corner of a busy New York street.

Interview: Art in Ad Places

Rating: G

A poster of Uncle Sam in a white top hat and blue blazer as he points to the viewer.

Hot Poster Gossip: Uncle Sam Edition

Rating: G

For the Love of Posters

Rating: PG-13

A red poster of a man with shoulder length hair and a black beret.

Hot Poster Gossip: Che Edition

Rating: PG-13

A flyer that resembles a NYC MTA announcement on a red column in the 34th street train station.

Angela Kim’s Scratch n’ Sniff Subway Posters

Rating: G

A blue poster of an illustrative nude woman with ballerina shoes and a bubbly water background.

Five Vintage Parties that Outdid your New Year’s Eve Plans

Rating: PG-13

The entrance of Poster House at 23rd street with blackout windows.

Hot Poster Gossip: THINX Edition

Rating: PG-13

A man with short hair and their hand placed agains their chin with a collar shirt.

Rating: G

A poster of someone opening their mouth as 5 teeth have holes similar to spots on dice.

Collecting Contemporary Posters

Rating: PG-13

A poster of a skeleton in a toga dancing with a woman in a dress and fainting people on the floor.

Happy Halloween!

Rating: PG-13

The director of Poster House is jumping in front of a group of five people.

Rating: G

an illustrated poster featuring a miniature devil whispering in a bald man's ear.

What is a poster?

Rating: G

Director of Poster House wearing a light green dress and standing by a window and a newspaper poster.

A Message from Our Director

Rating: G

The president of Poster House posing in front of a window that is in between newspaper posters.

A Message from Our President

Rating: G

A woman is sitting on a couch while she holds 3 large posters and 3 more posters are hanging on the wall.

A message from Our Curator

Rating: G

A text collage poster of a man with glasses at the corner and different book covers.

Interview with Steven Heller

Rating: G

Paula Scher on her logo for Poster House

Rating: G

An illustrative poster of many figures laying on their stomach as one person sticks their head up.

Eight Posters That Will Up Your Beach Game This Summer

Rating: G

A collage poster of an illustrative man with a text of

Price Your Poster: Pro Tips on Assessing Condition

Rating: G

A poster of an orange square with a silhouette of a person and a red square with a list of names.

Anatomy of a First Step

Rating: G