Made in Japan: 20th-Century Poster Art features vivid colors and bold compositions representative of 20th-century Japanese design trends. This style is in sharp contrast to the traditional wabi aesthetic, characterized by a natural forms and simple shapes. The wabi aesthetic can be observed in chanoyu, a tea ceremony that developed from the spirituality of Zen. […]
Join Poster House on the First Friday of every month for free admission and extended hours! Explore the museum’s latest exhibitions and get in on the fun by attending a tour, workshop, performance, or activity throughout the day. Every First Friday is different, offering unique opportunities to engage with rotating exhibitions and the permanent collection. […]
Members are invited to a private, after hours tour of Made in Japan: 20th-Century Poster Art with guest curator Erin Schoneveld. This acclaimed exhibition explores the cultural and political shifts within modern Japan that influenced the functions and messaging of its advertising posters, and how those posters were subsequently received by the public. Questions strongly encouraged. […]
Join Poster House for its first June Chancellor’s Day! Engage in a guided tour and Q&A session with Es-pranza Humphrey, curator of the exhibition Black Power to Black People: Branding the Black Panther Party. Participate in a hands-on artmaking workshop inspired by the work of Black Panther Minister of Culture, Emory Douglas, and learn more […]
The panther is a majestic and rare animal that was used as the symbol of the Black Panther Party. It was used to reflect the strength and uniqueness of Black people, and was an important icon for the community. Together, we will learn about this historic organization and create crests inspired by animals with which […]
Our friends at Print Center New York are inviting Poster House Members to a conversational walkthrough of New Voices: On Transformation led by curator Carmen Hermo. The exhibition explores how artists engage themes of identity, history, and transformation. Through a selection of highlights, Members will take an up-close look at objects, discuss their contexts, and […]
Members of the low-vision and blind community are invited to this exciting, in-person Vibrant Verbal Description Tour at Poster House. This after-hours event will provide exclusive access to the museum’s hit exhibition, Made in Japan: 20th-Century Poster Art. The tour will be led by Chief Curator Angelina Lippert, who has led our virtual description tours […]
Every month, Poster House offers virtual Vibrant Verbal Description Tours specifically for community members who are blind or have low vision. In order to reach a wide, art-loving audience around the world, we offer our description tours online through Zoom. These tours are led by our Chief Curator, allowing you intimate access to the items […]
Our friends at Japan Society are inviting Poster House Members to an exclusive, curator-led tour of their exhibition Kyohei Inukai. Featuring over 100 works from the late 1960s through the 1980s, Kyohei Inukai marks the most extensive exhibition to date by the largely unknown, yet prolific, Japanese-American artist Kyohei Inukai (1913–85). With nearly all the […]
The civil rights movement and the Black Power movement are often presented as discrete and, at times, antithetical campaigns. While these separate approaches relied on different tactics and strategies, both were effective in securing fundamental human rights for Black people in America and have more in common than is generally recognized. Both addressed their audiences […]