When Poster House closed its door to the public on March 10, it looked for ways to continue its mission of educating and serving the public through posters. Inspired by Steven Heller's article in PRINT Magazine about posters commissioned during the polio epidemic, Poster House and PRINT asked more than 20 designers to contribute pieces […]
As part of Poster House’s Pride Month programming, we are partnering with a host of young designers within the LGBTQ+ community and showcasing their poster work in dedicated Instagram Takeovers. Head to Instagram on Mondays and Fridays in June to see amazing grassroots talent using posters today. Get special access inside their studios, hear their […]
We may be closed, but we're still celebrating! Tune in to our various social media accounts all day for memories and milestones from the past year. If you have pictures from your visits to Poster House, be sure to share and tag us in them!
It's our First Birthday!! And there's no better way to celebrate such a milestone than with a poster-themed Drag Brunch! We've enlisted none other than the incomparable Hedda Lettuce to host Classic Movie Poster Trivia over Zoom. So grab a cocktail (or two), order in some Eggs Benedict from your local diner, and prepare to compete […]
Luis Xtravaganza's new “Werque” Dance class fuses hip-hop, jazz, and Vogue. With his exciting choreography, you can work up a sweat and add some flair to your game without ever leaving your home! Let your hair down, have some fun, and feel liberated and FIERCE. This Zoom session will begin with a brief hello from […]
Alphonse Mucha arrived in Paris in 1887, living in relative poverty as an obscure illustrator for many years. On Christmas Eve in 1894, the Lemercier printing firm was tasked with making a poster for the reopening of a play featuring one of the world’s most famous actresses, Sarah Bernhardt. Mucha happened to be one of […]
Join everyone’s favorite blazer-loving poster duo for a Fireside Chat on Instagram Live! Angelina Lippert, our Chief Curator, and Nicholas Lowry, Director of Swann Auction Galleries, are two of the biggest personalities in the poster world. And they also happen to be best buddies! So why not spend your evening hanging out with them? There’ll even […]
The Poster House Book Club meets a few times an exhibition cycle to discuss vibrant, interesting, and dynamic works of fiction which relate to the posters on view. Because we want to encourage community during this time of social distancing, we are moving this edition of book club online! In honor of our magical billboard […]
As part of Poster House's Pride Month programming, we are partnering with a host of young designers within the LGBTQ+ community and showcasing their poster work in dedicated Instagram Takeovers. Head to Instagram on Mondays and Fridays in June to see amazing grassroots talent using posters today. Get special access inside their studios, hear their […]
No other crisis in modern American history has had the same visual impact as that of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the myriad posters that were created in its wake. Raw, brutal, harrowing, and direct, these images were a call to action to a society that was ignoring the deaths of countless queer people. As part […]