Letterform Archive, a library and museum in San Francisco, has one of the world’s best collections of typographic history. With over 60,000 objects, there are hundreds of duplicates to be deaccessioned, and the nonprofit org has reserved the rarest of these gems for its first-ever auction. In anticipation of this special event, join Archive founder […]

Poster House is thrilled to partner with the New York Transit Museum for an evening dedicated to little-known female poster designer Amelia Opdyke Jones ("Oppy"). Considered the Emily Post of the subway, Oppy created decades' worth of instructional posters indicating how one should behave when riding the nation's finest transit system. Full of humor, wit, and valuable […]

Join Poster House's Chief Curator Angelina Lippert, as she tells the story of Alphonse Mucha and how his posters changed the advertising world. Learn how a serendipitous commission for Sarah Bernhardt led to making Mucha the most in-demand commercial artist of his generation, bringing Art Nouveau to the streets. This program will feature an introduction […]

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 be […]

Poster House is thrilled to partner with the Clio Entertainment Awards for an evening exploring a selection of the most iconic and impactful movie posters in history. Clio Entertainment is the original and definitive awards program celebrating creativity in the entertainment marketing industry. Originally established as The Key Art Awards by The Hollywood Reporter in 1971, the […]

Has an image ever inspired you to read? Join poster expert and Poster House Advisory Board member Nicholas Lowry of Swann Auction Galleries as he explores and celebrates how books, reading, booksellers, publishers, and literacy itself have been promoted graphically in posters since the late 1800s. This program is intended for all ages, but especially […]