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Sep 20, 2024

Poster-Making Adventures with Mary Bruno

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Angelina Lippert

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Poster-Making Adventures with Mary Bruno

Poster of a woman in a dress waving at a passing cruise ship against a city skyline.

Travel to New York by Sea: From Steerage to Floating Palaces

A Week with Rick Griffith

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Le Lido de Paris

Fifth Anniversary Block Party Recap

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Introducing the Living Archive Wall

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

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Lights, Camera, Soul!

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

Earth Day in Posters

Poster of a man looking at the solar eclipse.

It’s a Poster Eclipse!

Photographic poster of Black men protesting.

The Crumbling Walls of Attica

Photographic poster of a man in lipstick.

The Tolerance Project Pop Up in NYC

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

Ludwig Hohlwein’s Poster for the Isidor Bach Clothing Store

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

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

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Poster House’s First Awards!

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Four Days with Amos Kennedy

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West Side Fest Recap!

Kid-Friendly, Rating: G

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Seven Environmental Success Stories

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Building An Environmental Playlist

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Environmental Activism: Resources

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How I Spent My Summer Vacation As A Letterpress Printer

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

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Hidden. Found. Remembered.

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You Depend on Us: A Close Look at a Poster

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Kyohei Inukai: Rediscovering a Japanese American Artist’s Legacy

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Female Spies of World War II

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

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

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Poster House Block Party Recap!

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Free Admission Every Friday!

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Julius Klinger: A Little Blog of Terms

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Movie Posters That Changed Entertainment Marketing

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Armin Hofmann: 1920–2020

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

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2020 Poster House Staff Holiday Gift Guide

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We The People by ThoughtMatter

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Interning at Poster House: Summer Edition!

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Railway Posters from Britain: 1923–1939

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

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A Tribute to Milton Glaser

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Alice Boots and Suffragette Shoes

A lithographic poster of a black man leading a protest.

The Civil Rights Movement in China

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Eckersley-Lombers: Poster Partnership, 1934–46

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A Century of Posters Protesting Violence Against Black Americans

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Posters & The Environment

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A Brief History of PSA Posters

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Hisui Sugiura and the New Woman in Japan

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

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

Learning From The Women At Home

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

Collecting Swiss Posters

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

Alex Kow: 1901–78

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

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

Public Health Tips

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Desert Island Posters

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A History of American Protest

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

Digital PSA Posters

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

Wes Wilson: From Art Nouveau to Psychedelic

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

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

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New Perspectives on Teaching Design

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GRIDS are games: notes on a  relationship

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

Our Children’s Exhibition Area

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

Carter the Great

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

Star Wars Transit Authority

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

Vote for Poster House!

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

Café des Affiches Gets a Makeover

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Poster Timeline Installed

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

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Poster House Staff Holiday Gift Guide

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Mucha & Modern Advertising

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

Paula Scher: The Public Theater Collection

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

Renato Casaro: Master of Movie Posters

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

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

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

Station Domination: An Underground Exhibition

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

What is Art Deco?

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

Our Poster Photo Booth!

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

The Immigrant & American Advertising

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

A Presidential Parody

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

Remembering Tomi Ungerer

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The Year of the Pig!

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

Contemporary Poster Roundup: 2018 Edition

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Hot Poster Tips!

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

Andy Warhol-From A to P(osters)

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

Happy Hanukkah!

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Poster Animation Competition

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A Poster Halloween

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Poster House + The Library of Congress

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

Winston Tseng & the Viral Subway Takeover

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The Secret Life of Billposters

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Poster House & The NY Art Book Fair

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

Hot Poster Gossip: Mistinguett Edition

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The Poster Zodiac

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

Hot Poster Gossip: Woodstock Edition

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

Hop Aboard the #PrideTrain

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Hot Poster Gossip: Rosie Edition

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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

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Hot Poster Gossip: ThoughtMatter Edition

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Plants of Posters: An Interview

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Hot Poster Gossip: Manhattan Mini Storage Edition

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

Interview: Art in Ad Places

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Hot Poster Gossip: Uncle Sam Edition

For the Love of Posters

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Hot Poster Gossip: Che Edition

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

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

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Hot Poster Gossip: THINX Edition

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

Collecting Contemporary Posters

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

Happy Halloween!

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What is a poster?

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A Message from Our Director

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A Message from Our President

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

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Interview with Steven Heller

Paula Scher on her logo for Poster House

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Eight Posters That Will Up Your Beach Game This Summer

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Price Your Poster: Pro Tips on Assessing Condition

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Anatomy of a First Step