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

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A new book from Fuel features previously unpublished anti-alcohol posters from the 1960s to ’80s in the Soviet Union.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

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NASA Releases Retro Posters for the Future of Space Exploration

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.

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Posters Portend the Mortal Hazards of Modernity

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.

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How Graphic Designers Around the World Interpret Shakespeare

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

by Allison Meier June 30, 2015March 25, 2022

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

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From Camera Clubs to Syphilis: The WPA’s Practical, Modernist Posters

by Allison Meier June 24, 2015June 27, 2015

From 1936 to 1943, around 2,000 posters were created as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

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Considering the Immigrant Experience through Political Posters

by Laura C. Mallonee June 2, 2015November 11, 2016

Since 1989, Center for the Study of Political Graphics in LA has amassed some 85,000 political posters, including many revolving around immigration issues in the United States and Europe.

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