Posters & Cocktails: Up In Smoke

Our Posters & Cocktails events continue to delight guests around the world! Tonight, smoke ‘em if you got ‘em because we’re lighting one up with tobacco posters. Poster House’s Chief Curator will once again be hosting Nicholas Lowry of Swann Auction Galleries and Don Spiro of The Green Fairy Society over Zoom as they blaze […]

Poster Kids: Ready, Set, Costumes

Join Poster House on the last Sunday morning of every month, from 9:15–10:15am for a family-friendly, interactive, virtual poster tour and a related art-making experience. Admission is free; advanced registration is required […]

Poster Kids: Ready, Set, Costumes

Poster House 119 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, United States

Join Poster House on the last Sunday morning of every month, from 10:30am–12:15pm for a family-friendly, interactive poster tour and a related art-making experience at Poster House. Admission is free; advanced […]

PH x College: In-Person Screenprinting Demo

For the final PH x College event of the fall season, Poster House is hosting an in-person printmaking demo with Bushwick Print Lab! Participants will have the chance to learn about the screen printing process and see a professional demonstration.  Each student will also go home with their own limited edition PHxCollege poster. This intimate […]

First Friday

First Friday is back at Poster House—now open even later! On Friday November 5, the museum will be open for free with extended hours till 10pm! Stop by and see […]

Foxy Brown Screening at Nitehawk Cinema

In honor of the current exhibition You Won't Bleed Me, Poster House is thrilled to partner with Nitehawk Cinema for a 35mm screening of the blaxploitation classic Foxy Brown. See […]

Real Hot Girl S#!T: Black Womanhood in Blaxploitation & Beyond (Virtual)

Inspired by the current exhibition You Won’t Bleed Me: How Blaxploitation Posters Defined Cool & Delivered Profits, Poster House is thrilled to welcome Dr. Robin Boylorn for an engaging conversation on representations of Black women in blaxploitation films and contemporary popular culture. In this wide ranging talk, Dr. Boylorn will examine hypersexualized portrayals of Black […]

The History of the Afro with Michele Washington

Join designer, researcher, writer, and educator Michele Washington as she virtually guides us through the history of the AFRO, illuminating how this ubiquitous hairstyle has endured over time, from the late 1950s till today. Inspired by the powerful coiffs on display in You Won’t Bleed Me: How Blaxploitation Posters Defined Cool & Delivered Profits, she […]