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Corita Kent, the Nun-Turned-Artist, and Her Political Prints From 1969

by Eva Recinos February 4, 2020February 5, 2020

The Heroes and Sheroes series, comprised of 29 works, features the faces of figures like Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King, Cesar Chavez, and Daniel and Philip Berrigan.

Posted inArt

60 Years of Posters Celebrating the Cuban Revolution

by Elisa Shoenberger January 9, 2020January 9, 2020

Despite the contradictions of the Cuban Revolution, the posters on view at the Museum of Decorative Arts suggest that, on paper, artists had freedom to express their optimism and support.

Posted inArt

The First Poster Museum in the United States Will Open its Doors in New York City

by Hakim Bishara June 5, 2019June 6, 2019

Poster House will open on June 20 with a survey of the works of famed Art Nouveau poster designer Alphonse Mucha and a selection of works by the German design collective Cyan.

Posted inArt

Graphic Designer Awazu Kiyoshi’s Fantastical World

by Julia Friedman November 7, 2018

Awazu rebuked modernist design ideals in his graphic art and instead engaged with indigenous culture, popular symbols, and untidy visuals.

Posted inBooks

The Graphic Persuasiveness of 20th-Century Communist Posters

Avatar photo by Allison Meier May 19, 2017May 19, 2017

The first major survey of communist poster art considers the visual legacy of propaganda graphic design in nations around the world.

Posted inBooks

The Playful Yet Sobering Anti-Alcohol Posters of the Soviet Union

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 5, 2017April 6, 2017

A new book from Fuel features previously unpublished anti-alcohol posters from the 1960s to ’80s in the Soviet Union.

Posted inArt

The Transporting Promise of 20th-Century Travel Posters

by Claire Voon October 26, 2016

An auction at Swann Galleries offers over 200 posters that capture the thrill of increased globalization and emerging modes of travel.

Posted inIn Brief

NASA Releases Retro Posters for the Future of Space Exploration

Avatar photo by Allison Meier February 17, 2016February 17, 2016

Back in the 1930s and ’40s, during the height of the Great Depression, artists designed posters for the Works Projects Administration (WPA) to encourage travel to national parks and other tourist sites in the United States.

Posted inArt

Posters Portend the Mortal Hazards of Modernity

Avatar photo by Allison Meier February 8, 2016February 11, 2016

MIAMI BEACH — For every skyscraper, zeppelin, airplane, or even lightbulb that demonstrated the progress of technology from the late-19th to mid-20th century, there were countless human bodies mangled, maimed, and electrified along the way.

Posted inBooks

How Graphic Designers Around the World Interpret Shakespeare

Avatar photo by Allison Meier January 22, 2016January 22, 2016

When the Globe Theatre along London’s River Thames opened in 1599, a flag depicting Hercules hoisting a globe announced the opening of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.

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A Peek at Martin Scorsese’s Movie Poster Collection

by Julia Friedman August 3, 2015

The premise of the Museum of Modern Art’s current exhibition Scorsese Collects is twofold: to present 34 posters from the director’s personal collection and to act as a visual companion to the upcoming film program Scorsese Screens.

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The Revolution Has Been Digitized: Explore the Oldest Archive of Radical Posters

Avatar photo by Allison Meier June 30, 2015July 20, 2022

The oldest public collection of radical history completed a digital archive of over 2,000 posters.

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