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 […]
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 […]
Every month, Poster House offers Vibrant Verbal Description Tours specifically for the low vision and blind community. Explore one of the museum’s shows with an experienced educator trained in the art of verbal description and learn more about the history of printed posters. Due to the current public health crisis surrounding COVID-19, we’re bringing our […]
Join us on Instagram for the first-ever Virtual Teens Take The Met! Follow along on the @metteens account (as well as our own Poster House account) for art-making activities, performances, music, and more. Discover what you can also do with over 30 New York City cultural and community organizations. The Basics All you need to participate is […]
Due to the overwhelming success of our Absinthe Party, Poster House is teaming up one more time with Nicholas Lowry of Swann Auction Galleries and Don Spiro of The Green […]
Join the Independent Museum Professionals Network as it hosts Poster House, the first museum in the U.S. dedicated to posters, and Isometric Studio in a thought-provoking and creative workshop. Following a brief history of the public service announcement, participants will be introduced to elements of poster design, have the opportunity to exchange ideas about the […]
This event has reached capacity on Zoom. However, we will be simultaneously livestreaming on Facebook for all to attend! Please tune in to the Poster House Facebook page at 5:30 pm on June 8. You can find meal prep instructions at the bottom of this page so that you are ready to get started when the […]
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 Type Directors Club recently launched its TDC Virtual Salon series, in which members and friends of the organization meet over Zoom to share their love of all things design. The goal is to bring together people who love typography and to inspire them to research, experiment, write, create, and share. This Thursday, join Poster […]