Press

2024

“Exhibited works mark important events and movements, including the first Earth Day in 1970”
— TIME OUT NEW YORK, APRIL 25, 2024
“The works, some of which reference the demands for prison reform sought by those involved, aimed to keep the events in public consciousness.”
— ALL ARTS, APRIL 25, 2024
“On this milestone occasion, our three incredible juries collectively selected over 200 submissions to be enshrined in the TDC’s archives”
— THE TYPE DIRECTORS CLUB, APRIL 24, 2024
“New York’s massive growth during this time ultimately led to the creation of more travel posters than were designed for any other city in the world.”
— TIME OUT NEW YORK, APRIL 22, 2024
“These posters designed for designers are like a feast flowing in time.”
— SHEJIOL, APRIL 8, 2024
“Interesting. Unusual. Uniquely NYC.”
— NYC-ARTS, MARCH 29, 2024
“A new show explores the anatomy of a film poster, specifically through Dawn’s work over four decades.”
— WNYC, MARCH 28, 2024
“The Anatomy of a Movie Poster exhibition brings together the award-winning designer’s portfolio of posters for films.”
— CREATIVE REVIEW, MARCH 27, 2024
“In other words, the poster said: This isn’t your typical scary movie.”
— THE TELEGRAPH ONLINE, MARCH 26, 2024
“Manhattan’s New Blockbuster Of A Museum.”
— FORBES, MARCH 26, 2024
“New York has long loomed large in the traveller’s imagination.”
— OVERPASSES FOR AMERICA, MARCH 25, 2024
“Together, the images depict a cumulative dream of a city forever in motion, still beckoning to be discovered.”
— THE NEW YORKER, MARCH 25, 2024
“Go deeply enough into the history of poster art, and you’re liable to find both insights into the world we live in.”
— INSIDEHOOK, MARCH 22, 2024
“The colorful exhibit highlights 80 works that follow a timeline of how New York City was represented to travelers, immigrants and tourists”
— THE VILLAGER, MARCH 21, 2024
“This exhibit highlights the history of some of the most famous movie posters from the 1980s through today.”
— GSUSA, MARCH 19, 2024
“For the New York maven this is a finely curated treasure trove of bills definitely designed to be proudly posted.”
— PRINT MAGAZINE, MARCH 19, 2024
“As a whole, the posters show not just how graphic design evolved throughout the 20th century, but New York City too.”
— FAST COMPANY, MARCH 15, 2024
“These modernist works entered museums as objects, not government as ideas.”
— THE BROOKLYN RAIL, MARCH 14, 2024
“Dawn Baillie designed one of the best ones ever: the iconic poster for The Silence of the Lambs.”
— KOTTKE.ORG, MARCH 14, 2024
“A poster’s job is to celebrate a film in one frame. The job is well done when an audience is piqued and the poster makes it to the dorm room wall.”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES, MARCH 12, 2024
“The exhibition is a visual experience highlighting the way artists encapsulated the rich culture of New York.”
— 6SQFT, MARCH 7, 2024
“The exhibition is a visual, graphic experience that showcases how artists were able to capture many of the traits that New York City is still known for today.”
— HARLEM WORLD, MARCH 6, 2024
“This exhibit highlights the history of some of the most famous movie posters from the 1980s through today, as well as a designer who influenced the trajectory of some of Hollywood’s most acclaimed films.”
— BROADWAY WORLD, MARCH 6, 2024
“I was delighted with Boris Bućan’s Firebird and now I am opening a large exhibition of that artist in Manhattan in September.”
— JUTARNJI LIST, FEBRUARY 14, 2024
“Amid the climate crisis, “We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020” feels starkly relevant.”
— TIME OUT NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 8, 2024
“This year Poster House, which is worth a peek, will present New York travel posters from different eras as well as famous movie posters from the Dawn Baillie office.”
— MONDO MAGAZINE, FEBRUARY 6, 2024
“The posters vary widely in style; their messages range from blunt to witty, alarming to optimistic.”
— HONORING THE FUTURE, FEBRUARY 6, 2024
“Poster House delves into the legacy of the 1971 Attica Prison Uprising in New York, during which 39 people were killed.”
— HYPERALLERGIC, FEBRUARY 2, 2024
“We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters 1970-2020, proves alternately amusing and alarming.”
— FORBES, FEBRUARY 1, 2024
“A new exhibition at Poster House in New York charts the path of climate change warnings from graphic artists.”
— ARTDAILY, JANUARY 8, 2024
“…awesome exhibits. They do really good community and student programming and it’s just very neat and hip.”
— WNYC, JANUARY 5, 2024
“Last year was the warmest in recorded history. The graphic artists of the environmental movement tried to warn us.”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES, JANUARY 4, 2024
“Poster House is one of New York’s best offbeat museum”
— THE TELEGRAPH, DECEMBER 23, 2023
“‘We Tried To Warn You!’ on AEPM”
— ASSOCIATION OF EUROPEAN PRINTING MUSEUMS, DECEMBER 18, 2023
“Brian Johnson, Curator of Poster House Exhibition ‘Posters That Sing,’ Receives the Emily Hall Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators”
— HYPERALLERGIC, DECEMBER 10, 2023
“Angelina Lippert on ‘Design Perspectives’ Podcast”
— DESIGN PERSPECTIVES, DECEMBER 8, 2023
“…seeing Tim Medland’s poster exhibition is a timely and vital training for everyone…”
— CLIMATE 4 FUN, NOVEMBER 15, 2023
“Environmental Crisis Posters | How Images Shape the Bounds of Public Debate”
— AMERICAN CENTER MOSCOW, NOVEMBER 15, 2023
“…Fay Qiu’s creations show the intricate dance between graphic design and profound human narratives.”
— INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES, NOVEMBER 15, 2023
“The exhibit explores the evolving state of the graphic design field, from the analog to the dawn of the digital age and beyond.”
— HARLEM WORLD, NOVEMBER 6, 2023
“…the first museum exhibit to bring together over 50 commercial posters created between the late 1920s and the dawn of World War II.”
— DIGITAL PARTY, NOVEMBER 3, 2023
“The walls are decked out with 150 Art Deco posters—an impressive, extensive and pricey collection. At the moment, 60 of them are on display at an exhibit at the Poster House Museum in Manhattan.”
— SARASOTA MAGAZINE, NOVEMBER 3, 2023
“New exhibition chronicles the history of environmental activism through posters”
— ASSOCIATED PRESS, NOVEMBER 1, 2023
“…more than 50 works that that tells the story how colorful, geometric advertisements led to the first global art movement.”
— THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, OCTOBER 24, 2023
“New exhibit at Poster House shows ‘failed’ efforts to warn humanity about climate change”
— GOTHAMIST, OCTOBER 18, 2023
“‘We Tried to Warn You!’ Curator Tim Medland interviewed on ‘All Of It’ – Part 1”
— WNYC, OCTOBER 17, 2023
“‘We Tried to Warn You!’ Curator Tim Medland interviewed on ‘All Of It’ – Part 2”
— WNYC, OCTOBER 17, 2023
“As a desire to care for the planet has evolved into an urgent need to rescue it, the way designers express concerns about the climate has changed too.”
— CREATIVE REVIEW, OCTOBER 16, 2023
“I have no husband, I have no cat, I have posters.”
— NEW YORK REVIEW OF ARCHITECTURE, OCTOBER 13, 2023
“The show introduces the history of our national environmental efforts but also goes beyond them to present international posters.”
— THE BROOKLYN RAIL, OCTOBER 12, 2023
“…a retrospective devoted to a long series of fiascos.”
— LE MONDE, OCTOBER 7, 2023
“Another Poster Spectacular at Poster House”
— THE DAILY HELLER, OCTOBER 5, 2023
“An illuminating exhibition at New York City’s Poster House offers a nuanced, if inconclusive, exploration about the utility (or futility) of printed propaganda in tackling the worsening environmental crisis.”
— FAST COMPANY, OCTOBER 5, 2023
“In a year where NYC has seen no snow, sweltering days and wildfire smoke, the Poster House’s fall exhibition feels staggeringly relevant.”
— TIME OUT, OCTOBER 3, 2023
“Deco Spotlight”
— CHICAGO ART DECO SOCIETY MAGAZINE, SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
“The West Side Cultural Network, comprised of a group of more than 20 institutions located in the Chelsea and Meatpacking neighborhoods, is presenting the all-day inaugural festival for all ages to invite New Yorkers to enjoy their cultural village and destination along the waterfront.”
— AMNY THE VILLAGER, SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
“…one of the most brilliant capturings of the power of design, storytelling, and aesthetics to transform culture.”
— POPSUGAR, SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
“West Side Fest to Bring Free Cultural Bonanza to Locals”
— OUR TOWN, SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
“An inaugural West Side Fest is coming to the banks of the Hudson River on September 30th, hosted by 21 organizations that have banded together to form The West Side Cultural Network.”
— WEST SIDE SPIRIT, SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
“The exhibition…seeks to investigate these deeper origins, and includes over 50 posters from artists and graphic designers…”
— AIR MAIL, SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
“In a year where NYC has seen no snow, sweltering days and wildfire smoke, the Poster House’s fall exhibition feels staggeringly relevant.”
— TIME OUT, SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
“Poster House in New York City is hosting a show of commercial Art Deco posters from around the globe.”
— ARTDAILY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2023
“Far from artifacts frozen in time, though, the posters are evidence of the many decades we’ve had to address these issues and serve as a record of the debates and deadlocks that have made the climate crisis ever more imminent.”
— HYPERALLERGIC, SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
“A curated collection chronicling Art Deco’s evolution from avant-garde commercialism to World War II nationalism, this exhibition features more than 50 posters by master graphic designers that exemplify the rise and decline of the European art and design movement.”
— HYPERALLERGIC, SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
“Angelina Lippert, Poster House’s Chief Curator and Director of Content, described the show as ‘the first global history of Art Deco posters hosted at a museum.’”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES, AUGUST 31, 2023
“These museums spend years creating exhibitions by building relationships with collectors, institutions, experts, and scholars to present material that educates and informs the public.”
— ARTSGAZING, AUGUST 30, 2023
“‘We Tried to Warn You!’ exhibition gathers works created to draw attention to environmental issues (which over time only worsened) and inspire positive change.”
— EYE MAGAZINE, AUGUST 29, 2023
“Poster House, my new favorite, is the first museum in the U.S. dedicated to poster art, examining the medium’s impact on society.”
— DEPARTURES, AUGUST 29, 2023
“‘Made in Japan’ Wins Communication Arts 2023 Design Competition”
— COMMUNICATION ARTS, AUGUST 28, 2023
“‘Black Power to Black People’ Wins Communication Arts 2023 Design Competition”
— COMMUNICATION ARTS, AUGUST 28, 2023
“…the Black Panther Party successfully mobilized visual and written content in its posters and newspapers to further establish an authentic Black identity, responding to historic systems of exploitation and anti-Black violence.”
— NYC-ARTS, AUGUST 25, 2023
“In addition to its exhibitions, visitors can enjoy workshops, performances and a happy hour.”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES, AUGUST 24, 2023
“This exhibition slapped me right in the face, I loved it.”
— VOGUE, AUGUST 23, 2023
“You’ll see heroic images of party members, printed materials like The Black Panther newspaper, political campaign posters and powerful photographs…”
— TIME OUT, AUGUST 17, 2023
“The impactful images showcased in Poster House’s upcoming exhibition helped shape public debate on environmental issues, but failed to modify behavior.”
— METROPOLIS, AUGUST 15, 2023
“These posters took a stereotype about India…and turned it on its head…”
— FORBES INDIA, JULY 27, 2023
“We’re able to now tell our own stories, in our own words.”
— ABC, JULY 17, 2023
“…giving the limelight to 15 female designers who are expanding the world of experimental type design.”
— READYMAG, JULY 13, 2023
“The works from this exhibition make it easy to understand where Hiroshima Appeals’ tradition of daring artwork comes from.”
— THE JAPAN TIMES, JULY 13, 2023
“…73 striking works currently on view at New York’s Poster House…”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES, JUNE 15, 2023
“It is one of those rare exhibitions that teaches, inspires and entertains all at the same time.”
— EYE MAGAZINE, JUNE 5, 2023
“Two new exhibits have launched in Poster House’s Hallway Galleries…”
— THE DAILY HELLER, MAY 10, 2023
“…at Poster House, which is showing ‘Made in Japan: 20th Century Poster Art.’”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES, MAY 9, 2023
“A new exhibition considers two studios that experimented with type design following the invention of the Mac, and their echoes in a new generation of women type designers.”
— DESIGN WEEK, MAY 5, 2023
“Posterhouse in New York is set to hold an exhibition showcasing the experimental digital typography and graphic design of Emigre and FUSE.”
— EYE MAGAZINE, APRIL 11, 2023
“Poster House…is inviting young people to make work of their own.”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES, APRIL 6, 2023
“…a rare exhibition of advertising and promotional posters that spans 100 years…”
— SHUKAN NEW YORK SEIKATSU, MARCH 29, 2023
“‘It felt like we were stepping inside of a poster.’”
— FAST COMPANY, MARCH 27, 2023
“Designers used posters to address major cultural issues from climate change to nuclear disarmament…”
— THE GUARDIAN, MARCH 27, 2023
“…some of their most powerful posters and newspaper advertisements show a specific graphic language that helped spread their message…”
— THE GUARDIAN, MARCH 20, 2023
“By looking at the Black Panther Party, we can start to understand our own activism and…embrace the love and the power behind Black Power.”
— WNYC, MARCH 20, 2023
“A new exhibition is exploring how poster art shifted the image of Japan during the 20th century.”
— CREATIVE REVIEW, MARCH 17, 2023
“The 73 posters presented in this exhibition document the country’s evolving identity through advertisements and art.”
— AIR MAIL, MARCH 16, 2023
“A new exhibition at New York’s Poster House explores the civil rights militant group’s ingenious branding strategies.”
— HYPERALLERGIC, MARCH 16, 2023
“A new exhibit at Poster House chronicles the making of a movement.”
— WNYC, MARCH 13, 2023
“…she soon became not only a leading artist in the creative community, but also a glamorous public figure…”
— EXIBART, MARCH 8, 2023
“This exhibition about posters of the Black Panther Party, exploring the visual language of the revolutionary movement, is a good place to start.”
— HYPERALLERGIC, MARCH 8, 2023
“…the posters were a way for the Panthers to control their own narrative…”
— THE NEW YORKER, MARCH 6, 2023
“Poster House unveils shows focused on imagery of Black Panthers, 20th. C Japan.”
— AUCTION CENTRAL NEWS, MARCH 4, 2023
“‘I want Black people to come into the show and really feel proud that Black power is transcendent,’ the show’s curator said.”
— TIME OUT, MARCH 3, 2023
“This season’s main exhibitions take on particular importance in the wake of increased violence toward Black and AAPI communities, whose contributions to design history are often ignored.”
— GRAPHIC DESIGN USA, MARCH 2, 2023
“…bold language, striking graphics, and powerful photographs…”
— HARLEM WORLD, MARCH 1, 2023
“An excitement and urgency is present in each piece, resulting in posters that are equally informative and visually delightful.”
— HYPERALLERGIC, FEBRUARY 28, 2023
“You’ll see heroic images of party members, printed materials like The Black Panther newspaper, political campaign posters, and powerful photographs…”
— TIME OUT, FEBRUARY 27, 2023
“The Black Panther Party, one of the most influential militant groups of the 1960s civil rights movement, devised a specific graphic language to reclaim Black humanity and decommodify Black life”
— TIME OUT, FEBRUARY 27, 2023
“…Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.’s posters are a visual cacophony on paper…”
— HYPERALLERGIC, FEBRUARY 22, 2023
“It confounds me that I did not know more about Ethel Reed before now.”
— DESIGN OBSERVER, FEBRUARY 7, 2023
“…two whip-smart, visually dynamic exhibitions…”
— CHELSEA COMMUNITY NEWS, JANUARY 10, 2023
“The September competition was judged and curated by Angelina Lippert, Chief Curator of Poster House in New York City…”
— FORBES, JANUARY 2, 2023
“The competition brought together artists from all over the world to communicate in visual form the international commitment to creating a culture of peace by reimagining it and sharing their vision through posters.”
— U.S. EMBASSY & CONSULATES IN RUSSIA, DECEMBER 28, 2022
“New York’s Poster House has earned the newly coveted A-Number-1-museum-bookstore-on-the-East-Coast rating from The Daily Heller.”
— THE DAILY HELLER, DECEMBER 12, 2022
“I left with a renewed sense of purpose, inspired to rethink how poster art has shaped the society we live in today…”
— DEPARTURES, NOVEMBER 30, 2022
“In collaboration with the artist, Angelina Lippert will document and explore the practice of printmaker Amos Kennedy Jr., whose early letterpress posters commemorate Black rural life and community in Alabama.”
— HYPERALLERGIC, NOVEMBER 22, 2022
“SVA Alumni Appear in Poster House’s newest exhibition”
— SVA FEATURES, OCTOBER 26, 2022
“Fans of contemporary art and graphic design will love perusing Poster House in Chelsea…”
— ELITE DAILY, OCTOBER 7, 2022
“Masked Vigilantes on Silent Motorbikes is not an exhibition of posters as art, but of art that incorporates found, re-configured, and even shredded posters as raw material for making new art…”
— CONTEMPORARY COLLAGE MAGAZINE, OCTOBER 2, 2022
“Poster House is hosting two can’t-miss shows this fall.”
— AMNEWYORK, SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
“The exhibition aims to erase the line between commercial and fine art, showing once again that context often determines how we view artistic skill.”
— HYPERALLERGIC, SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
“Posters are the perfect medium to express succinct ideas in a rapidly changing world. Since the 1860s, every conflict has engendered a public facing poster response that calls for peace, resolution, or an end to injustice and violence.”
— U.S. EMBASSY & CONSULATES IN RUSSIA, SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
“This new visual language was underscored not only by the Maharaja’s many guises and antics, but also by the succinct, outrageous copy that often accompanied his image.”
— AIGA EYE ON DESIGN, SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
“There’s no place on Earth that Grace Young loves more than Manhattan’s Chinatown—here’s her guide to the iconic neighborhood.”
— AFAR, SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
“rarely-viewed works by artists including KAWS, David Wojnarowicz, Jaques Villeglé, and other legendary figures, as well as pieces by contemporary street artists like Jilly Ballistic and FAUST”
— UNTAPPED CITIES, SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
“Originally designed in 1946 to feature on an in-flight memo pad, the Maharaja quickly became the leading character for all Air-India’s advertising campaigns.”
— EYE MAGAZINE, SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
“Each artist has reconfigured old posters, transforming the original messaging into social commentary.”
— HYPERALLERGIC, AUGUST 31, 2022
“This was meant to grab you by the lapels and say ‘get in this movie theater and see this film.’”
— WTTW, AUGUST 30, 2022
“…the Poster House exhibition provides a rare insight not only into the breadth of female talent in the industry back then, but also the types of stories these women sought to tell on screen.”
— NPR, AUGUST 29, 2022
“This exhibition focuses on lobby cards advertising Hollywood and East Coast movies made largely by women for women.”
— JUXTAPOZ, AUGUST 24, 2022
“The award-winning cookbook author is rallying against pandemic-related discrimination and anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander hate. Here’s how you can join her.”
— EATINGWELL.COM, JULY 20, 2022
“…from collector to archivist, preservationist, conservator, philanthropist and, now, with the exhibition at Poster House, advocate for women’s rights.”
— THE DAILY HELLER, JULY 18, 2022
“Chinatown to me is a sacred part of the American identity and it represents the story of America.”
— CNN, JULY 14, 2022
“…Grace found herself in a new role, that of activist, as she started fighting for the survival of Manhattan’s Chinatown.”
— RADIO CHERRY BOMBE, JULY 11, 2022
“If there was an EGOT status in the food world, Grace Young would be getting there, and fast.”
— WASHINGTON POST, JUNE 22, 2022
“Teeming with these dynamic, eye-catching designs, characters come to life on a page, hold your attention and never let go.”
— DON'T DIE WONDERING, MAY 29, 2022
“..it’s not just about the wonderful food. It’s about our memories.”
— PBS, MAY 27, 2022
“You need a vibrant city for posters to really flourish, and what better place than New York?”
— NYCXDESIGN, MAY 25, 2022
“This year the cookbook author Grace Young is the recipient of the annual Julia Child Award, given by the Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts to those who have influenced how America cooks, eats and drinks.”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES, MAY 16, 2022
“Grace Young is named the recipient of the eighth annual Julia Child Award.”
— THE JULIA CHILD AWARD, MAY 11, 2022
“…the story behind the man who loaned these historic posters to the Museum is as interesting as the exhibition itself.”
— GOTHAMTOGO, MAY 10, 2022
“Here is an eye-opening exhibition of fifty works from a century ago that lays bare Russian aspiration in graphic form.”
— THE NEW CRITERION, MAY 6, 2022
“Posters can pack an emotional punch… There are several poster museums around the world, but this is the only one in the US.”
— CUNY TV, APRIL 19, 2022
“New York’s Poster House is showcasing a rare exhibition of posters announcing the Italian release of the film Tokyo Olympiad—revered by many as one of the greatest sports documentaries of all time.”
— HYPEBEAST, APRIL 7, 2022
“Today, Young’s family wok is going to the Smithsonian as an artifact of Chinese-American history”
— SERIOUS EATS, APRIL 4, 2022
“A block party presented in the heart of the Flatiron District will celebrate the art and cultural impact posters through performances, activities and activations by local community groups and arts institutions. The day-long event is sponsored by Poster House…”
— SILIVE, MARCH 27, 2022
“Think of the cookbook author Grace Young, who grew up dining around San Francisco’s Chinatown with her father…”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES, MARCH 24, 2022
“Lopez and other women will be showcased in an exhibition of images from collector Dwight M. Cleveland’s poster collection opening April 8 at New York City’s Poster House…”
— THE DAILY MIRROR, MARCH 22, 2022
“The exhibition is also beautifully designed by Isometric Studio, with bold colors and graphic shapes that perfectly echo the nearly-century-old art on view.”
— ARTNET NEWS, MARCH 21, 2022
“She brought her life, her experiences, into advertising in a way that no other designer had really done yet.”
— THE DAILY HELLER, MARCH 17, 2022
“Grace Young has been named the 2022 James Beard Humanitarian of the Year.”
— JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION, MARCH 16, 2022
“New York rediscovers Ethel Reed, a woman who shines after 100 years…”
— LIFO, MARCH 6, 2022
“Ethel Reed showed off her talents as a female graphic designer in a male-dominated art world in the late 19th century.”
— NYCULTUREBEAT, MARCH 6, 2022
“Angelina Lippert, chief curator at Poster House, organized the show in an attempt to revive this forgotten icon…”
— ARTNEWS, FEBRUARY 28, 2022
“[Poster House] is thriving under the watchful and discerning eyes of a staff responsible for programming that is as offbeat, compelling, scholarly, and surprising as the Chelsea neighborhood it calls home. Case in point, the two latest exhibitions.”
— CHELSEA COMMUNITY NEWS, FEBRUARY 25, 2022
“Poster House is…taking a closer look at the outstanding experimentation of the early Soviet era…”
— WIDEWALLS, FEBRUARY 23, 2022
“…explore this revolutionary and doomed visual language.”
— THE NEW CRITERION, FEBRUARY 23, 2022
“This exhibition explores the origins, high points, and eventual demise of this golden age of Soviet graphic design…”
— JUXTAPOZ, FEBRUARY 14, 2022
“Young’s concern led her to begin documenting, via video interviews, what was happening in Chinatown in early March 2020, with the support of the Poster House museum.”
— WASHINGTON POST, JANUARY 10, 2022
“The cinematic genre changed the way Black characters were presented on film. These 5 works from Poster House’s latest exhibition helped put it on the map.”
— AIGA, JANUARY 5, 2022
“…Poster House puts these movies, their imagery and leading characters back in the spotlight for a contemporary examination…”
— FORBES, NOVEMBER 3, 2021
“…the exhibition next year at Poster House in New York on my subsection of women behind the camera in silent cinema is probably what I’m most proud of.”
— MUSE BY CLIO, OCTOBER 8, 2021
“…Poster House’s chief curator, Angelina Lippert, explores how the studio’s eclectic style helped to define the counterculture aesthetic of the 1960s…”
— AIGA: EYE ON DESIGN, OCTOBER 7, 2021
“This year’s theme “Our Future City” will reflect on new beginnings in light of the current state and ongoing impact of the pandemic.”
— DESIGN MILK, OCTOBER 5, 2021
“Hosted at New York’s Poster House, the Push Pin Legacy brings together over 200 posters by the likes of Milton Glaser, Seymour Chwast, Reynold Ruffins and Edward Sorel”
— CREATIVE REVIEW, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
“…each, in its own way, presents key pop cultural benchmarks and sheds light from different angles on shifts in public wants and needs.”
— THE DAILY HELLER, SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
“You Won’t Bleed Me treats the genre and its art with the reverence it was previously denied, focusing on both its shortcomings and successes.”
— THE GUARDIAN, SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
“Copies have also been made available at Poster House in Manhattan to coincide with “The Push Pin Legacy,” the museum’s exhibition on the legendary Push Pin design studio, which counted Glaser as an early and integral member.”
— SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
“They made ads and posters that were playful and visually exciting and never followed any rules.”
— CURBED, SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
“Poster House is incredibly stylish — in terms of its approach, its look and its ability to present to the visitor the best of the best, like a really elegant person who knows the value of editing a great outfit.”
— THE WASHINGTON POST, SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
“American design in the 1950s and ’60s was undergoing a revolution…”
— THE DAILY HELLER, SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
“A new exhibit showcases the many movie posters that fueled the popularity of the Blaxploitation film era.”
— NY1, SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
“…a vital, in-depth reexamination of that form of art and its critical place in 1970’s American cinema.”
— JUXTAPOZ, AUGUST 31, 2021
“In New York, you can get free admission to some 36 museums, including the Poster House…”
— HYPERALLERGIC, AUGUST 22, 2021
“You’ll find it at Poster House, the city’s newest and, perhaps, coolest museum.”
— NEW YORK POST, AUGUST 9, 2021
“‘Chinatown is struggling to survive,’ says Grace Young. She is committed to ensuring that it survives.”
— SWISS RADIO SRF, AUGUST 4, 2021
“Poster House is teaming up with the Museum of the Dog on its ongoing virtual cocktail series…”
— ARTNET NEWS, JULY 27, 2021
“But thanks to a woman, it seems that there is room for hope, and almost without looking for it, Grace Young has embarked on an exciting project: saving the legacy of Chinatown.”
— CONDé NAST TRAVELER, MAY 5, 2021
“Poster House is thrilled to partner with Dwight Cleveland to introduce this important, never-before-seen collection of lobby cards, which highlight the myriad roles women played in the early film industry…”
— ANTIQUES AND AUCTION NEWS, APRIL 23, 2021
“There’s no better time than today for a splash of Gonzo.”
— NATIONAL REVIEW, APRIL 15, 2021
“Klinger was a pioneer as a designer-artist for industry.”
— THE DAILY HELLER, APRIL 1, 2021
“Grace Young, a decorated author of cookbooks, is worried that traditional Chinatowns, like New York’s and San Francisco’s, will never recover. She has spent months trying to call attention to the problem.”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES, MARCH 30, 2021
“…a new exhibit highlighting one of the most innovative graphic designers in modern history: Julius Klinger.”
— PIX11, MARCH 29, 2021
“Hunter had a real sensibility about design, graphics, symbolism — whether it’s the guns or the six-fingered ‘gonzo’ fist…”
— THE ASPEN TIMES, MARCH 25, 2021
“Young began creating an oral history project of recorded interviews with a number of restaurateurs and small business owners in Manhattan’s Chinatown just hours before New York’s first government-mandated lockdown in March 2020.”
— VOGUE, MARCH 23, 2021
“Manhattan’s Chinatown is more than a tourist attraction; it is a living, breathing immigrant neighborhood, packed with mom-and-pop shops that are reminiscent of what small-town America used to be…”
— SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE, MARCH 22, 2021
“In March 2020, chef and food historian Grace Young started making a video series documenting the effects of the early pandemic on Chinese restaurants in NYC.”
— EATING THE WORLD, MARCH 12, 2021
“Julius Klinger: Posters for a Modern Age”
— NYC & COMPANY, MARCH 11, 2021
“Grace’s mission since the beginning of COVID-19 has been to save Chinatowns — her own in New York City, and others across the country.”
— KITCHN, MARCH 7, 2021
“Explore stories of Manhattan’s Chinatown during the pandemic in an online exhibition from Poster House…”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES, MARCH 6, 2021
“…among the many things that arose from Thompson’s run for office is some incredibly distinctive artwork.”
— INSIDEHOOK, MARCH 6, 2021
“A new show at Manhattan’s Poster House will include campaign posters designed for Hunter S. Thompson’s gonzo run for County Sheriff in Colorado in 1970.”
— ARTNET NEWS, MARCH 5, 2021
“…the exhibition’s range of material offers a fascinating dichotomy.”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES, MARCH 4, 2021
“Grace Young, renowned Chinese cookbook author, self-described wok therapist, and New York Chinatown advocate…”
— SPECIAL SAUCE, FEBRUARY 19, 2021
“She delves into what Chinatown represents, the people-to-people businesses that make it unique, and the current impact of Covid on the community.”
— THE SPLENDID TABLE, FEBRUARY 19, 2021
“AlAwadhi and Zhu first had the idea for “Gay Agenda” while exploring the catalog for Poster House’s recent exhibit, The Sleeping Giant, which explores China’s economic history through poster design.”
— AIGA, FEBRUARY 18, 2021
“If the hemorrhaging continues, we will lose the heart and soul of Chinatown, one of Manhattan’s most beloved dining destinations.”
— THRILLIST, FEBRUARY 12, 2021
“Gonzo’s traveling “Freak Power” museum exhibition, which is set to open at the Poster House in New York on March 4 with more than 60 pieces of campaign-related artwork, posters and ephemera.”
— THE ASPEN TIMES, FEBRUARY 6, 2021
“‘Without New Yorkers coming down, we are at risk of losing Chinatown,’ cookbook author Grace Young said.”
— CBSN NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 5, 2021
“Museums were closed. But they wanted to know: Was there anything they could do for Chinatown?”
— NEW YORK MAGAZINE, JANUARY 25, 2021
“It’s this fear — of the loss of an important history and not just beloved businesses — that has been motivating cookbook author Grace Young for the past nine months.”
— TODAY, DECEMBER 23, 2020
“But you’ve lived through enough of 2020 by now to know there is no fun this year without a very dark lining. In this case, it’s the plight of immigrant Chinese and Chinese-American restaurant owners, who suffered the consequences of the pandemic months earlier than their fellow restaurateurs.”
— THE POST AND COURIER, DECEMBER 18, 2020
“Author and culinary historian Grace Young co-created “Coronavirus Chinatown Stories,” which shares the narratives of small business owners struggling to stay open in the wake of the pandemic.”
— KCRW, DECEMBER 18, 2020
“Young is doing everything she can to save Chinese restaurants, drawing attention to what makes them precious as well as what makes them vulnerable.”
— FOOD & WINE, DECEMBER 16, 2020
“…we chat with Watkins — who is the director of Gonzo Gallery in Aspen and is spearheading an exhibition of Gonzo-related art at the Poster House in New York City in March…”
— INSIDEHOOK, DECEMBER 16, 2020
“…there’s no denying that there’s a superb sense of both calm and beauty in the International Typographic Style, as a current exhibition titled The Swiss Grid at The Poster House in New York proves.”
— PEOPLE OF PRINT, DECEMBER 7, 2020
“…in collaboration with Poster House, documenting the stories of how Manhattan’s Chinatown has been impacted by COVID-19.”
— SOCAL RESTAURANT SHOW, DECEMBER 6, 2020
“For the more visual creatives in your life, or for the ones who just love the Catskills, this Milton Glaser poster is a great find.”
— TIME OUT, DECEMBER 4, 2020
“The NYCxDESIGN festival, canceled this year due to the pandemic, launched “An Ode to NYC” poster campaign as a way to show appreciation for the city.”
— TRAVEL + LEISURE, DECEMBER 3, 2020
“Poster House director Julia Knight and PRINT Magazine’s Steven Heller wanted to find a way to help their New York City neighbors in their own creative way.”
— ADOBE, DECEMBER 2, 2020
“Poster House is thrilled to partner with the South Street Seaport Museum…in an evening dedicated to the early history of letterpress printing in New York City.”
— BROADWAY WORLD, DECEMBER 2, 2020
“In the early months of the pandemic, in partnership with For Freedoms and Poster House, Times Square Arts worked with more than three dozen artists and designers on the messages of gratitude and solidarity displayed across multiple billboards.”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES, NOVEMBER 29, 2020
“Grace Young on ABC Localish”
— ABC, NOVEMBER 13, 2020
“The project was inspired by the Times Square Arts partnership with For Freedoms, Poster House and PRINT magazine, which was displayed in Times Square during the spring.”
— THE CHARLOTTE POST, NOVEMBER 9, 2020
“…this show explores why the Detroit-based Kennedy is considered one of the most important letterpress printers practicing today…”
— FINE BOOKS & COLLECTIONS, OCTOBER 30, 2020
“…designers from near and far shared messages and videos of love, hope, and longing for the beloved city.”
— LUXE INTERIORS + DESIGNS, OCTOBER 19, 2020
“Twenty-one talented local creatives have produced works that embody their love and unwavering affection for the city…”
— SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, OCTOBER 13, 2020
“Inspired by Glaser’s legacy, NYCxDESIGN launched An Ode to NYC, a citywide poster campaign where designers mark this moment with messages of love, hope, and rousing calls to action.”
— METROPOLIS, OCTOBER 13, 2020
“The campaign returns this fall, but this time in three dimensions, citywide, prompted by the need to uplift in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
— INTERIOR DESIGN, OCTOBER 12, 2020
“Mom-and-pop restaurants, which often don’t have an online presence, now find themselves at a disadvantage to well-funded national chains, says the cookbook author and culinary historian Grace Young.”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES, OCTOBER 10, 2020
“A collection of iconic posters by local NY designers are on view city-wide in dozens of design showrooms, restaurants, and retail stores, as well as digitally projected in quintessential NYC spots…”
— DEXIGNER, OCTOBER 7, 2020
“Get your Ode to New York poster at Poster House and look out for the posters all around New York City.”
— UNTAPPED NEW YORK, OCTOBER 7, 2020
“This collection of Milton Glaser–inspired posters was created by a fleet of New York designers, and will be posted across the city as a way to foster connection and to support local businesses…”
— BUSINESS OF HOME, OCTOBER 6, 2020
“Chinatown Stories Featured in Smithsonian Food History Weekend”
— NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY, OCTOBER 5, 2020
“Nineteen posters created by local designers will be sold through Poster House starting on October 7, with proceeds going to the Black Artists + Designers Guild.”
— ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST, OCTOBER 2, 2020
“Now, we’re joining Grace Young and Poster House on a new campaign, #LoveAAPI.”
— JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION, OCTOBER 1, 2020
“Grace Young, a James Beard Award Winner and renowned wok cooking expert, takes us deep into Manhattan’s Chinatown to see first hand how the coronavirus pandemic is shuttering generations-old family-owned business and offers hope for how we can help save them.”
— AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN, OCTOBER 1, 2020
“Step into the Poster House museum as it presents a discussion on its latest exhibition, “The Sleeping Giant,” which explores the Chinese economy over the decades through poster design.”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES, SEPTEMBER 26, 2020
“In March I started a video series, Coronavirus: Chinatown Stories, in collaboration with videographer Dan Ahn and Poster House museum. The series documents how the pandemic has threatened the possible forever closing of favorite Chinese establishments in New York City.”
— EATINGWELL, SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
“The Swiss Grid at New York’s Poster House museum shows how it was a graphic design powerhouse for decades, embracing geometric grid structures that yielded a crisp, streamlined, and timeless look.”
— DWELL, SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
“A new citywide poster campaign will launch next month as a tribute to New York City in response to one of the most challenging times in its history.”
— 6SQFT, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
“The Daily Heller’s favorite new New York museum, Poster House, has at last announced its reopening…”
— THE DAILY HELLER, SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
“…there’s a wonderful museum in New York City called Poster House, and they had just started an exhibition called The Sleeping Giant, which is a Chinese vintage poster exhibition.”
— LEITE'S CULINARIA, SEPTEMBER 12, 2020
“…I chose to incorporate these symbols into designs inspired by the people of Poster House for the UNIQLO UTme! project.”
— HAMPTONS.COM, SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
“The lead up to Labor Day sees plenty of reopenings: Poster House returns tomorrow…”
— CITY GUIDE, SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
“Their heartbreaking stories comprise my ongoing video series Coronavirus: Chinatown Stories, created in partnership with Poster House museum in New York.”
— KITCHN, AUGUST 28, 2020
“Grace Young on her Beard-award winning work”
— JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION, AUGUST 26, 2020
“While Poster House Museum Director Julia Knight said the pandemic arrived just as the institution was establishing a foothold in the city, she was glad to introduce a number of innovative virtual programs this summer.”
— THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, AUGUST 22, 2020
“Tourism Happenings: Cultural Institutions to Reopen in NYC”
— CITY GUIDE, AUGUST 19, 2020
“The New-York Historical Society and Poster House…have set reopenings for this month or next.”
— THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, AUGUST 10, 2020
“The project serves as an ongoing gesture that honors the essential workers whose work is sustaining New York City as it faces both a global pandemic and political unrest.”
— BROADWAY WORLD, JULY 16, 2020
“Chief Curator Angelina Lippert weighs in on Governor Cuomo’s Poster”
— QUARTZ, JULY 15, 2020
“Grace Young joins Denise to talk about her oral history collaboration with Poster House…”
— WOMEN BEYOND A CERTAIN AGE PODCAST, JULY 4, 2020
“Most recently, Glaser was one of over 30 artists and designers that created artwork honoring essential workers for “Messages for the City,” a public art installation across New York from Times Square Arts and Poster House.”
— ARTNET NEWS, JUNE 27, 2020
“Through Poster House’s resourceful partnering, 1,800 billboards throughout New York City were transformed into vehicles for a massive public art awareness project, #CombatCOVID.”
— THE WOLFSONIAN, JUNE 25, 2020
“In Chinese cookbook author Grace Young’s “Coronavirus: Chinatown Stories” video series with Poster House, Chau explained that her employees fear for their safety during long commutes to work due to increased hate crimes against those of Asian descent.”
— ARTSY, JUNE 25, 2020
“The 10,000 spoke with those artists and select members of the Poster House team to learn more about the campaign, aptly named #CombatCovid…”
— MASTER & DYNAMIC, JUNE 18, 2020
“A poster campaign where famous NY designers empower the city.”
— CASA BRUTUS, JUNE 12, 2020
“…she’s producing a video series with Poster House museum documenting what’s happening to Chinatown in the pandemic.”
— NPR, JUNE 8, 2020
“We worked with Poster House, PRINT magazine and For Freedoms to rally artists and designers to create PSAs and messages of solidarity and gratitude for the health care and essential workers keeping the city running amidst this crisis.”
— COMMUNICATION ARTS, MAY 30, 2020
“But as things got serious in New York regarding COVID-19, the project for Poster House transformed into an online series about how the pandemic significantly impacted Chinatown.”
— EAT THIS, NOT THAT!, MAY 29, 2020
“Grace Young’s incredible series on how mom-and-pop businesses are faring in Chinatown”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES, MAY 28, 2020
“Times Square Arts, For Freedoms and ​Poster House ​just launched a multi-city campaign, which is on view on digital displays throughout all five boroughs of New York City…”
— ARTISHOCK, MAY 20, 2020
“‘Designers have historically been the bridge between message and audience, communicating clearly and memorably often complex ideas to huge numbers of people,’ Poster House director Julia Knight told Artnet News…”
— ARTNET NEWS, MAY 15, 2020
“…the public art campaign aims to ‘encourage a sense of community and pride among New Yorkers, and give artists the opportunity to express their gratitude and optimism through the power of art.’”
— ARTFORUM, MAY 15, 2020
“Illustrators, artists, graphic designers and poster specialists are banding together…to create public service messages…”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES, APRIL 20, 2020
“Times Square Arts wanted to say thanks, and it turns out the Poster House museum and Print Magazine had the same idea.”
— NPR, APRIL 17, 2020
“It was amazing how much everyone wanted to use their voice to give something to the city of New York, which has suffered so much at the hands of this epidemic.”
— OBSERVER, APRIL 17, 2020
“In light of the circumstances, a new billboard campaign has been launched as a gesture of solidarity with New Yorkers during the pandemic.”
— CREATIVE REVIEW, APRIL 17, 2020
“Poster House and Times Square Arts have partnered on a citywide project for New York, transforming billboards and signs into artworks offering public service announcements relating to the coronavirus.”
— ARTNET NEWS, APRIL 17, 2020
“As it has so often in the past during moments of crisis or celebration, Times Square will channel the spirit of the city to the country and to the world…”
— AMNEWYORK, APRIL 17, 2020
“The images will be graphically interesting, as this effort is a collaboration between Poster House, one of our museum partners, and Times Square Arts.”
— UNTAPPED NEW YORK, APRIL 17, 2020
“‘With people all over New York banding together to combat this disease and support those on the front lines, it was only natural for New York organizations to partner in that same spirit, bringing together the power of mass communication and public art, then magnifying it with our gratitude,’ Poster House Director Julia Knight said in a statement.””
— FAST COMPANY, APRIL 17, 2020
“…Times Square Arts and Poster House released a collection of digital PSAs to light up the streets and lives of New Yorkers.”
— CBS NEWS, APRIL 17, 2020
“We wanted to give incredible New Yorkers like Maira Kalman a platform like Times Square not only to highlight artists’ voices, but to communicate the immense amount of gratitude so many of us are feeling while also signaling the city’s resilience and solidarity with their efforts.”
— VULTURE, APRIL 17, 2020
“New Yorkers could definitely use some bucking up right now, and a new citywide public art project is aiming to do just that.”
— TIME OUT, APRIL 17, 2020
“…another purpose of this move is to make iconic buildings such as Times Square in New York look less abandoned and more like the response of the people of New York to the hard work of the epidemic.”
— THE CHINA PRESS, APRIL 17, 2020
“Activists are already working on the second stage of the project, which will involve artists from around the world…”
— VOA, APRIL 17, 2020
“Verplancke has built a reputation both in Belgium and abroad, and his illustrations were spotted by the Poster House NYC, who asked them to cooperate in the campaign.”
— VRT, APRIL 17, 2020
“Verplancke sees it as the responsibility of artists to try to grasp what is happening in these bizarre corona times.”
— RADIO 1, APRIL 17, 2020
“On view indefinitely in landmark locations like Times Square and the Lincoln Tunnel, the project covers nearly 1,800 LinkNYC billboards throughout the city…”
— WHITEWALL, APRIL 17, 2020
“A joint effort from the Poster House museum and the public art program Times Square Arts, the two-part initiative launched with the work of well-regarded graphic designers…”
— LONELY PLANET, APRIL 17, 2020
“Poster House and the publication Print Magazine connected graphic designers with Times Square Arts.”
— PATCH, APRIL 17, 2020
“The project will radiate out from New York City’s iconic Times Square, and reach all five boroughs through 1,774 LinkNYC kiosks and Silvercast billboards above the Lincoln Tunnel, all digital spaces donated to the project.”
— BROADWAY WORLD, APRIL 17, 2020
“…Poster House, which is curating a campaign in New York to make people aware of the situation and the necessary measures.”
— KNACK, APRIL 17, 2020
“Twenty artists worked with three organizations…to create an array of public service announcements…”
— PBS, APRIL 17, 2020
“The city-wide effort will be visible both by New Yorkers on their essential outings, and by the workers who continue to keep the city safely moving.”
— THE ART NEWSPAPER, APRIL 17, 2020
“Times Square Arts wanted to say thanks, and it turns out the Poster House museum and Print Magazine had the same idea.”
— THE WORLD, APRIL 16, 2020
“We’ve taken Chinatown for granted, assuming it will always be there, but if we don’t come to the rescue right now it could slip away.”
— EATER NY, APRIL 15, 2020
“Posters are tools of mass public communication, so in a time like this when there is an urgent need for correct information and community messaging, posters are the perfect tool…”
— PRINT, APRIL 13, 2020
“We were in luck: our friends at the Poster House will be launching a collaboration with Print that commissions designers to create contemporary graphic responses to the coronavirus.”
— THE WOLFSONIAN, APRIL 10, 2020
“Highlights of this week’s top virtual events include…Professional Development at Poster House”
— NYC-ARTS, APRIL 10, 2020
“…Young posted to her Instagram account on March 14, asking followers to suggest a videographer to help out her mission to bring business back to the mom-and-pop shops and restaurants that define Chinatown.”
— NEW YORK MAGAZINE, APRIL 9, 2020
“Before the coronavirus pandemic shuttered it temporarily, Poster House in New York featured an exhibition exploring China’s economic relationship with the world through the lens of poster design.”
— METROPOLIS, APRIL 2, 2020
“The posters designed between the ’30s and ’70s are colourful propaganda campaigns that directly mimicked Soviet Realism.”
— HUCK, APRIL 2, 2020
“Poster House Continues Chinatown Video Series With Grace Young”
— THE LO-DOWN, MARCH 28, 2020
“New York City’s Poster House has redirected its education efforts by encouraging the city’s denizens to look out for one another through a series of specially-designed posters…”
— LITERARY FEATURES SYNDICATE, MARCH 27, 2020
“Poster House was the first museum in New York City to shut down—last Tuesday…”
— THE DAILY HELLER, MARCH 23, 2020
“‘As a museum, Poster House is dedicated to providing education to our community,’ says the institution. ‘In this time of unprecedented uncertainty and anxiety, we are finding ways to continue that mission.’”
— CREATIVE BOOM, MARCH 23, 2020
“The ‘Wok Therapist’ urges New Yorkers to support Chinatown”
— WNYC, MARCH 10, 2020
“The New York I fell in love with when I arrived in 1979 is fast disappearing.”
— FOOD & WINE, MARCH 5, 2020
“…these posters provide a visual history lesson in how China became the economic juggernaut it is today.”
— FAST COMPANY, FEBRUARY 28, 2020
“…a new exhibition featuring more than 50 posters from the 1920s to the early 2000s, covering a century of poster design – everything from products to political propaganda.”
— THE GUARDIAN, FEBRUARY 26, 2020
“One, The Sleeping Giant, explores how posters illustrated China’s economic development in the 20th century. The other, The Swiss Grid, delves into the ubiquitous Swiss design and typographic style, typically involving sans serif fonts and a geometric-yet-asymmetric page layout.”
— BEDFORD + BOWERY , FEBRUARY 25, 2020
“The design for Poster House, the first museum devoted to poster art in New York City, responds to both the unique qualities of the institution within the cultural landscape of New York City and the exceptional urban conditions of its site in the Flatiron district near Madison Square Park.”
— E-ARCHITECT, JANUARY 24, 2020
“Among the top Honor recipients in the Interiors category were two projects covered by Interior Design in 2019: The first is Poster House by LTL Architects, which also was an Interior Design Best of Year honoree for Small Museum/Gallery and whose founding members, Paul Lewis, David J. Lewis, and Marc Tsurumaki, were inducted into the magazine’s Hall of Fame in December.”
— INTERIOR DESIGN, JANUARY 22, 2020
“…you are confronted by the stares of film heroes of the late Eighties and early Nineties—each with a distinctly Ghanaian rendering.”
— THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS, JANUARY 18, 2020
“At New York’s recently opened Poster House museum, three exhibits sum up the poster’s impact on life and culture.”
— THE GUARDIAN, JANUARY 18, 2020
“…nothing prepares you for seeing these works of art in the flesh.”
— MUBI, JANUARY 3, 2020
“In the absence of economical access to large-format printing, these posters served as the principle promotional medium, moving from town to town, village to village, with the films they advertised.”
— BETTER LETTERS, DECEMBER 20, 2019
“Aside from being accessible and attention-grabbing, they practically begged for deeper analysis, rewarding those who took a closer look with culturally rich symbolism and evidence of tradition.”
— ALL ARTS, DECEMBER 17, 2019
“There is no shortage of highlights here: The paintings are fun, deeply strange, and utterly alive.”
— ARTFORUM, DECEMBER 2, 2019
“If a combination of posters, feminism and art quenches your thirst for culture, Poster House delivers.”
— THE FORDHAM OBSERVER, NOVEMBER 13, 2019
“Pop culture and religion became one thrilling union.”
— ELEPHANT, NOVEMBER 13, 2019
“…painted on recycled rice sacks and meant for short-term use, the show reflects a remarkable effort of preservation, holding up an uncanny mirror to ’80s and ’90s America.”
— CITY GUIDE, OCTOBER 24, 2019
“Our new obsession is this collection of Ghanaian movie-posters now on view at New York’s Poster House.”
— GARAGE, OCTOBER 20, 2019
“Hand-Painted Film Posters From Ghana-A Delight For The Eye”
— INSIDE EDITION, OCTOBER 18, 2019
“The clothing has muscles. Everything has muscles in these posters.”
— AIGA, OCTOBER 17, 2019
“This fall, Poster House debuts two new exhibitions exploring persuasion at the intersections of power, consumption, ritual, and protest…”
— JUXTAPOZ, OCTOBER 17, 2019
“Poster House Museum opens its doors to a deeper look within the larger context of this demonstration in response to the election of Donald Trump…”
— GOTHAMTOGO, SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
“If you are intrigued by movie posters, you won’t want to miss the next exhibition at Poster House…”
— GOTHAMTOGO, SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
“As fresh as yesterday’s headlines, this exhibition recalls that historic day, the passions and the protest through home-made signs, posters, slogans and images.”
— NY DAILY NEWS, SEPTEMBER 22, 2019
“Over-the-top posters were a key part of Ghana’s vigorous black market in American VHS tapes in the 1980s and ’90s.”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES, SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
“Set to become the obvious reason to celebrate 2019 as the year of the poster, Poster House is ready to inspire and educate us all.”
— TYPEROOM, AUGUST 28, 2019
“The museum’s 7,000-piece collection highlights 150 years of outdoor advertising, and now it’s adding to that total with the acquisition of 55 posters from the personal archive of graphic designer Paula Scher.”
— FINE BOOKS & COLLECTIONS, AUGUST 1, 2019
“‘These posters are a landmark addition to our permanent collection.’”
— ARTDAILY, AUGUST 1, 2019
“No better figure could have been chosen for one of the opening exhibitions at the Poster House…”
— THE WEEK, JULY 19, 2019
“…Poster House joins the roster of must-visit art destinations in NYC.”
— COOL HUNTING, JULY 9, 2019
“These posters join an impressive selection of permanent additions to the Poster House collection.”
— THE DAILY HELLER, JULY 2, 2019
“Mucha made a hundred and nineteen posters during his career, and the Poster House exhibition collects all but three of them.”
— THE NEW YORKER, JULY 1, 2019
“…the inaugural exhibition is a deep-dive into the work of one of the most famous poster designers in history—the Czech artist and graphic designer Alphonse Mucha.”
— THE ART NEWSPAPER, JUNE 27, 2019
“The four permanent installations create interactive content that effectively combines analog and digital.”
— AXIS, JUNE 25, 2019
“A new museum in New York celebrates the ubiquitous poster—a medium used for everything from wartime propaganda to avant-garde ads.”
— VANITY FAIR, JUNE 25, 2019
“…perhaps above all, the museum seeks to bring posters to the foreground of design collections.”
— SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE, JUNE 21, 2019
“Poster House, which has taken over a 15,000 square-feet Manhattan venue, has launched with an initial collection of 7,000 posters from around the world, ranging from the 1870s to the present day.”
— APOLLO, JUNE 21, 2019
“The museum…is taking a scrappy and focused approach to a genre that really took off as a medium in the late 1860s and has become so omnipresent that some may forget that it can be art.”
— THE NEW YORK TIMES, JUNE 20, 2019
“The Poster House presents a novel take, exploring his depiction of the bold new women of Belle Époque Paris and how it shaped the face of advertising.”
— JUXTAPOZ, JUNE 20, 2019
“…it’s about time there was a museum dedicated to the history and artistic achievements of posters.”
— GOTHAMIST, JUNE 20, 2019
“Fans of graphic design have reason to rejoice.”
— QUARTZ, JUNE 20, 2019
“The museum so far has a collection of around 7,000 international posters, from the medium’s beginnings in the 1870s to recent campaigns.”
— THE ART NEWSPAPER, JUNE 20, 2019
“Poster House aims to satisfy the longstanding desire of collectors and fans for an American-based poster museum.”
— NBC NEW YORK, JUNE 20, 2019
“The inaugural exhibitions at the Poster House show just how far the art form has come.”
— ART & OBJECT, JUNE 19, 2019
“Designing Through the Wall is Cyan’s first show in the United States, and little had been written on the collective prior to the exhibition.”
— AIGA, JUNE 19, 2019
“‘Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouveau/Nouvelle Femme’ brings together his work for the first time in New York since 1923.”
— THE NEW CRITERION, JUNE 18, 2019
“There will now be a museum in New York City that is going to give you extreme poster envy.”
— CHELSEA COMMUNITY NEWS, JUNE 18, 2019
“There are only a few poster museums in the world…but New York is about to get a new one.”
— THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, JUNE 17, 2019
“The museum’s agenda will be global and diverse…”
— HYPERALLERGIC, JUNE 5, 2019
“Poster House will open on June 20, with an identity created by Paula Scher and her team at Pentagram New York.”
— CREATIVE REVIEW, JUNE 4, 2019
“…a colorful lesson on the history of posters around the world.”
— AMNEWYORK, MAY 31, 2019
“The first will be dedicated to Alphonse Mucha, the Art Nouveau designer who with his posters defined the romantic aesthetic of Paris.”
— ANSA, MAY 30, 2019
“Think of it as a comprehensive crash course in all things poster-related…”
— IT'S NICE THAT, MAY 29, 2019
“…the history of the medium is explored in unprecedented depth with examples from all over the world and throughout history.”
— THE GUARDIAN, MAY 28, 2019
“Poster House takes its mission from the medium, aiming to entertain and educate all audiences.”
— ARTDAILY, MAY 19, 2019
“A pop-up taster show last fall featured flyers from Max’s Kansas City and CBGB as well as classic Madison Avenue campaigns.”
— ARTNET NEWS, MAY 11, 2018
“…the museum itself is designed to be an open, welcoming space.”
— CURBED, MAY 10, 2018
“The museum’s advisory board also includes graphic design royalty, such as Tochilovsky and Paula Scher, who designed the identity for Poster House with her team at Pentagram.”
— COMMUNICATION ARTS, FEBRUARY 27, 2018
“Ahead of the opening of its 23rd Street space, the Poster House will host an evening of readings, music, and libations with the publication.”
— ARTNET NEWS, FEBRUARY 26, 2018
“Architect Marc Tsurumaki says that when visitors enter, they will experience an ‘urban promenade leading from 23rd to 24th Street – an extension of life of the street, similar to the role posters play in daily life.’”
— TYPE DIRECTORS CLUB, JANUARY 28, 2018
“Truly the mistake was that we didn’t get there sooner to see all this cool stuff.”
— SPOILED NYC, OCTOBER 6, 2017
“To celebrate its upcoming inauguration, Poster House chief curator Angelina Lippert has shared with BuzzFeed News a selection of posters that tell the story of New York City nightlife in the 20th century.”
— BUZZFEED, OCTOBER 5, 2017
“Poster House…seeks to fill a hole in New York’s art and design arena”
— VICE, OCTOBER 3, 2017
“Scher is also responsible for the visual identity of the museum, which sees its name used as a typographic, ‘moveable frame device’ with a flat base.”
— DESIGN WEEK, SEPTEMBER 28, 2017
“New York is hosting a poster exhibition charting the city’s famous former venues and history-shaping events”
— LONELY PLANET, SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
“New York cultural institution Poster House kicks off with a pop-up exhibition, Gone Tomorrow, featuring posters from classic venues and cult events from New York City’s history.”
— THE GUARDIAN, SEPTEMBER 25, 2017
“…a new project based in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood might bring a newcomer to the top of the ‘must-visit’ list.”
— CNN, SEPTEMBER 25, 2017
“It’s a trip down the streets of New York’s various heydays.”
— OBSERVER, SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
“…the space will host a series of temporary exhibits teasing at its ultimate collection…”
— METRO US, SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
“A new museum called Poster House that is “just for posters” opens next year…”
— PAPER MAGAZINE, SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
“The upcoming arts space aims to present the impact, culture, and design of posters, both as historical documents and methods of contemporary visual communication.”
— CURATINGTHECONTEMPORARY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
“This preview show surveys handbills, signs, and ephemera gathered from sundry New York City venues of old.”
— THE VILLAGE VOICE, SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
“New York is getting its first museum dedicated to the art and culture of posters.”
— AMPLIFY MEDIA, SEPTEMBER 1, 2017
“It seems only natural that a museum dedicated solely to poster art should join the ranks.”
— UNTAPPED NEW YORK, AUGUST 29, 2017
“The museum’s curator, Angelina Lippert, highlights the importance of the medium.”
— MALAY MAIL, AUGUST 27, 2017
“It will testify to missing places in New York such as the Electric Circus, the city’s famous nightclub.”
— LE JOURNAL DES ARTS, AUGUST 25, 2017
“…an institution dedicated to showcasing posters from around the world, will open at 119 West 23rd Street in New York”
— HYPERALLERGIC, AUGUST 25, 2017
“More than a thousand posters and posters from the late 19th century to the present will be on display at the new Poster House Museum in New York.”
— TRAVEL.RU, AUGUST 24, 2017
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— DASARTES, AUGUST 24, 2017
“The Big Apple will host a new artistic space in which posters that have gone down in history will be exhibited…”
— ARTRIBUNE, AUGUST 24, 2017
“New York City’s First Poster Museum to Open in 2018”
— APOLLO, AUGUST 24, 2017
“Rejoice! A museum dedicated to poster art is coming to NYC.”
— CURBED, AUGUST 23, 2017
“NYC’s First Poster Museum Headed to Chelsea”
— COMMERCIAL OBSERVER, AUGUST 23, 2017
“The museum’s founders will launch a month long pop-up exhibit in the space in September before launching an extensive renovation to create the gallery.”
— PATCH, AUGUST 23, 2017
“The exhibition is a nod to the departure of long-time tenant TekServe, and an opportunity for visitors to explore the raw space before its renovation.”
— ARTDAILY, AUGUST 23, 2017
“A new cultural institution wants you to take your favorite dorm-room decoration more seriously.”
— ARTNET NEWS, AUGUST 22, 2017
“Poster art is simply too popular not to merit a venue dedicated to showcasing it in all its diversity…”
— THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, AUGUST 21, 2017
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Kate Blumm, Senior Vice President
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