Exhibition Archive

Past Exhibitions

2025

Poster of a woman holding a lit match looking to the sky.
Utopia in Our Time: The Posters of Molly Crabapple
Nov 13, 2025–Apr 12, 2026
Poster of a young woman wearing a headband, leaning on the back of a couch looking sad.
Art for Art House: The Posters of Peter Strausfeld
Nov 13, 2025–Apr 12, 2026
Poster of a torso wearing a black shirt and holding a dagger in front of its hip.
The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy
Sep 27, 2025–Feb 22, 2026
Poster of a geometric skier facing the viewer, holding poles.
Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters
Sep 27, 2025–Feb 22, 2026
Poster of a man with an eyeball for a head holding an umbrella and running.
Copy/Paste/Print/Repeat: Mike King & the Art of the Gig Poster
Apr 24–Nov 2, 2025
Poster of a man swimming mischievously toward a woman.
From the Bronx to the Battery: The Subway Sun
Apr 24–Nov 2, 2025
Poster of a nautilus shell with a submarine coming out of it.
Fallout: Atoms for War & Peace
Mar 13–Sep 7, 2025
Poster of a man writing with one hand and one foot, with lettering up both limbs.
Puerto Rico in Print: The Posters of Lorenzo Homar
Mar 13–Sep 7, 2025

2024

Poster of an overhead view of a body of water with a small trail from a boat skimming on the surface.
Leaving the Smoke Behind: Enjoying an Awayday
Nov 14, 2024–Apr 13, 2025
Posters of two fencers mid-fight against a blue background.
Munich 1972: Sports Posters of the XXth Olympic Games
Nov 14, 2024–Apr 13, 2025
Poster of an anthropomorphic bird in red heels in front of a wall of leaves.
Fantastical Streets: The Theatrical Posters of Boris Bućan
Sep 26, 2024–Feb 23, 2025
Poster of a man in a track suit holding two basketballs on an ice throne.
Just Frame It: How Nike Turned Sports Stars into Superheroes
Sep 26, 2024–Feb 23, 2025
Poster of the silhouette of a washing machine with five arrows pointing to it.
Lester Beall & A New American Identity
Sep 26, 2024–Feb 23, 2025
Poster of a man behind bars raising his fist.
No Escape: The Legacy of Attica Lives!
Apr 25–Nov 3, 2024
A poster of porky pig wearing a gas mask with cursive text reading "That's all folks!"
We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020
Apr 25–Nov 3, 2024
Poster of a ghostly face with a death's head moth over the mouth.
The Anatomy of a Movie Poster: The Work of Dawn Baillie
Mar 14–Sep 8, 2024
Painting of Times Square with a giant torso in front of it.
Wonder City of the World: New York City Travel Posters
Mar 14–Sep 8, 2024

2023

A lithographic poster with a rainbow background of a man in sunglasses holding a gun.
Advertising India’s Sandalwood Film Industry
Nov 16, 2023–Apr 14, 2024
A sepia toned photographic poster of a man's head superimposed by a drawing of a color wheel.
Creating Community: Event Posters for AIGA NY
Nov 16, 2023–Apr 14, 2024
Poster of a faceless man wearing gloves, putting on glasses.
Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant-Garde
Sep 28, 2023–Feb 25, 2024
A poster of porky pig wearing a gas mask with cursive text reading "That's all folks!"
We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020
Sep 28, 2023–Feb 25, 2024
Offset poster of a complete alphabet drawn as cartoony bubble letters with pops of 80s color.
Advertising Type: Women in Digital Design
Apr 27–Nov 5, 2023
Offset poster of letters that look like Arizona style cactuses with round hats rendered in black and orange on white.
The Revolution Will Be Digitized: Typefaces from Emigre & FUSE
Apr 27–Nov 5, 2023
Offset poster of a black panther lunging toward the viewer.
Black Power to Black People: Branding the Black Panther Party
Mar 2–Sep 10, 2023
An offset poster of a geisha's face made up of geometric shapes
Made in Japan: 20th-Century Poster Art  
Mar 2–Sep 10, 2023

2022

A lithographic poster of 3 children looking in a candy shop window.
Schoolgirls at War: French Propaganda Posters from World War I
Oct 20, 2022–Apr 16, 2023
A poster of a middle aged man looking straight at us with tape criss-crossed over his mouth against an olive green background.
With My Little Eye: Warnings For The Homefront
Oct 20, 2022–Apr 16, 2023
Offset poster of a magazine cover with a model eating something with animated mickey mouse like hands.
Masked Vigilantes On Silent Motorbikes
Sep 9, 2022–Feb 12, 2023
A poster of a man dressed as a playboy bunny serving cocktails to a couple.
Air-India’s Maharaja: Advertising Gone Rogue
Sep 9, 2022–Feb 12, 2023
A poster featuring a woman diving upward on top of a photo with male competitive swimmers diving into pool lanes.
Tokyo Olympiad: A Global Film
Apr 8–Oct 9, 2022
An offset poster of two couples dancing in 1920s attire on a green background.
Experimental Marriage: Women in Early Hollywood
Apr 8–Oct 9, 2022
A poster of a woman with red hair caressing her cheek with an oversized red poppy.
Ethel Reed: I Am My Own Property
Feb 25–Aug 21, 2022
A lithographic poster of two women repeated as a pair three times, their bodies turned into a striped fence while their feet and faces are photos.
The Utopian Avant-Garde: Soviet Film Posters of the 1920s
Feb 25–Aug 21, 2022

2021

A poster of a androgynous figure in profile surrounded by a rainbow of stars, planets, and beams of light.
Peter Max: Cosmic Advertising
Oct 14, 2021–Mar 27, 2022
Photo offset poster of two boxers facing each other in neutral tones.
What’s The Score? The Posters of LeRoy Neiman
Sep 2, 2021–Mar 27, 2022
An illustrated poster of a Black woman holding a gun wearing a blue bodysuit, high boots, and peering back at us.
You Won’t Bleed Me: How Blaxploitation Posters Defined Cool & Delivered Profits
Sep 2, 2021–Feb 6, 2022
An illustrated poster of a green faced Uncle Sam with flying airplanes dropping bombs in his square shaped blue mouth.
The Push Pin Legacy
Sep 2, 2021–Feb 6, 2022
A poster showing a white sheriff star on a black background. Inside the star is a red fist with two thumbs holding a Peyote flower.
Freak Power
Mar 4–Aug 15, 2021
A lithographic poster of a viking in high heels riding a swan.
Julius Klinger: Posters for a Modern Age
Mar 4–Aug 15, 2021
A poster unabashedly calling out Lincoln Center with banners, and city buildings with art deco styling and primary colors.
Vera List & The Posters Of Lincoln Center
Jan 14–Oct 3, 2021

2020

A letterpress poster with bold black text reading The Night Was Black
The Letterpress Posters of Amos Kennedy
Oct 8, 2020–Jan 3, 2021
Poster of a fashionable woman in a 1920s fur trimmed coat surrounded by a field.
The Sleeping Giant: Posters & The Chinese Economy
Feb 27, 2020–Feb 14, 2021
A poster of a young telephone operator smiling with text of various international destinations behind her.
The Swiss Grid
Feb 27, 2020–Feb 14, 2021

2019

Poster of a man in a space suit floating through space.
In The Window: Renato Casaro
Oct 18–Nov 7, 2019
An illustrative poster of a person in a kimono eating by a table with washing hands in the background.
Posters of the Japan Red Cross Society
Oct 17, 2019–Feb 10, 2020
A movie poster of 2 men covering their mouth over 2 women posing by a house silhouette.
Baptized By Beefcake: The Golden Age of Hand-Painted Movie Posters from Ghana
Oct 17, 2019–Feb 16, 2020
A typographic poster stating Today, We March. Tomorrow, We Run For Office.
20/20 InSight: Posters from the 2017 Women’s March
Oct 17, 2019–Feb 10, 2020
A poster of two young men wearing street clothes; one dressed in red, the other in blue, dancing on a black background.
In The Shop: Paula Scher
Oct 7–Oct 16, 2019
A poster of a black floor plan with outlines of air crafts overlaying an orange and white nude figure.
Designing Through the Wall: Cyan in the 1990s
Jun 20–Oct 6, 2019
An illustrational poster of a woman with long, flowing hair leaning on a bicycle.
Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouveau/Nouvelle Femme
Jun 20–Oct 6, 2019

2017

An illustrational poster of a woman smoking a long cigarette while in the middle of a deep dance dip.
Pop Up: Gone Tomorrow
Sep 21–Oct 20, 2017