Poster House
Poster House is the first museum in the United States dedicated exclusively to posters.[1][2] The museum is located in Chelsea, New York City, on 23rd Street between and Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue. The museum opened to the public on June 20, 2019.
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| Established | 2015 |
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| Location | 119 West 23rd Street New York, NY 10011 |
| Coordinates | 40.74335°N 73.99349°W |
| Type | Poster museum |
| Director | Julia Knight |
| President | Val Crosswhite |
| Curator | Angelina Lippert |
| Architect | LTL Architects |
| Public transit access | New York City Bus: M7, M20, M23 SBS, M55 New York City Subway:
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| Website | posterhouse |
Building and Collection
Val Crosswhite organized supporters and founded Poster House in 2015 to recognize the art and social impact of posters overlooked by existing institutions.[3] Lumen and LTL Architects' transformed of the former TekServe space to a museum-quality one, especially with respect to its lighting.[4][5]
SVA Subway Series
On June 19, 2019 SVA announced the donation of 98 of their Subway Series posters from 1996 to the present which also includes "each newly created poster." The gift includes works by Milton Glaser, Louise Fili, Paula Scher and the creator of the current SVA Subway Poster: Jonathon Rosen.[6]
References
- Hsu, Hua (July 1, 2019). "A Critic at Large: How Posters Became Art". Article. The New Yorker. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
- Katz, Brigit (June 21, 2019). "The U.S. Is Now Home to Its First Poster Museum". Article. smithsonianmag.com. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
- Samaha, Barry (June 6, 2019). "Poster House Hopes to Stick Around in Chelsea". Article. Surface. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
- Medina, Samuel (April 29, 2020). "Lighting Adds to the Graphic Quality of New York's Poster House". Metropolis. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- Graver, David (July 9, 2019). "Poster House Museum Celebrates the Historic, Influential Medium". Cool Hunting. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- Ferguson, Maeri (June 19, 2019). "SVA Donates Nearly 100 Subway Series Works to Newly Opened Poster House Museum". Article. School of Visual Arts. Retrieved July 16, 2019.