Join curator Ian Bradley-Perrin in conversation with artist and activist Avram Finkelstein for an evening discussion at Poster House in conjunction with Love & Fury: New York’s Fight Against AIDS. Drawing on Finkelstein’s decades-long practice at the intersection of design, politics, and collective action, and Bradley-Perrin’s curatorial and historical research, the conversation will explore the […]
Poster House is free on the third Sunday of every month, often featuring complimentary programming geared toward families. Be sure to sign up to secure your spot—or just enjoy the museum at your own pace! Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are […]
Join curator Ian Bradley Perrin for a private, members-only tour of Love & Fury: New York’s Fight Against AIDS. When AIDS hit New York, posters spoke when institutions stayed silent. In a city wired for visual competition—crowded streets, subway ads, nightclub flyers—posters became lifelines. They helped people to find clinics, mourn the dead, demand justice, […]
In celebration of Art for Art House: The Posters of Peter Strausfeld, Poster House will present a special mini film series on March 20. A celebrated classic of Japanese cinema, Kon Ichikawa’s An Actor’s Revenge (1963) follows a renowned kabuki performer as he seeks to avenge the deaths of his parents. This highly stylized film […]
In celebration of Art for Art House: The Posters of Peter Strausfeld, Poster House will present a special mini film series on March 20. One of the most influential postwar European films, Andrzej Wajda’s Ashes and Diamonds (1958), unfolds during the final hours of World War II as a young Polish resistance fighter confronts loyalty, […]
In celebration of Art for Art House: The Posters of Peter Strausfeld, Poster House will present a special mini film series on March 20. Radical, jazz-infused, and formally daring, Shirley Clarke’s The Connection (1961) is a groundbreaking example of American independent cinema. The film blurs the line between documentary and fiction, capturing the raw energy […]
Join us for an hour of live jazz with the acclaimed Bruce Edwards Trio! This intimate, celebratory set will bring the spirit of improvisation and creative expression to Poster House, echoing the cinematic mood of the singular works in Art for Art House: The Posters of Peter Strausfeld. The trio will perform an intimate set […]
This event has been postponed. The new date for this event will be announced soon. Poster House is thrilled to partner with National Black Theatre in celebration of the current exhibition Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage & Screen for an in-person conversation among Tony Award-winning performer Adrienne Warren; Kent Gash, arts professor and […]
Poster House members are invited to a special tour of the acclaimed exhibition Robert Rauschenberg’s New York: Pictures from the Real World at the Museum of the City of New York. This tour will be jointly led by Isometric Studios, the team behind the exhibition’s design, and MCNY curator Sean Corcoran. Rauchenberg is widely regarded […]
Every month, Poster House offers 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 […]