Poster House

Coordinates: 40°44′36″N 73°59′37″W / 40.74335°N 73.99349°W / 40.74335; -73.99349
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Poster House
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Established2015 (2015)
Location119 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10011
Coordinates40°44′36″N 73°59′37″W / 40.74335°N 73.99349°W / 40.74335; -73.99349
TypeArt museum
DirectorJulia Knight
PresidentVal Crosswhite
CuratorAngelina Lippert
ArchitectLTL Architects
Public transit accessNew York City Bus:
M7, M20, M23 SBS, M55
New York City Subway: Port Authority Trans-Hudson: HOB-33, JSQ-33 (via HOB), or JSQ-33 to 23rd Street
Websiteposterhouse.org Edit this at Wikidata

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 Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue. The museum opened to the public on June 20, 2019.

History[edit]

Poster House was incorporated in 2015 and opened to the public on June 20, 2019.[3][4] Its logo was designed by Paula Scher of Pentagram.[5] The museum space, which formerly housed an Apple products repair store by the name of Tekserve, was redesigned by LTL Architects and Lumen Architecture.[6][7]

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.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hsu, Hua (July 1, 2019). "A Critic at Large: How Posters Became Art". The New Yorker. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  2. ^ Katz, Brigit (June 21, 2019). "The U.S. Is Now Home to Its First Poster Museum". Smithsonian. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  3. ^ Samaha, Barry (June 6, 2019). "Poster House Hopes to Stick Around in Chelsea". Surface. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  4. ^ Sayej, Nadja (May 28, 2019). "'A focal point, not an accessory': behind New York's first poster museum". The Guardian. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  5. ^ Loos, Ted (June 20, 2019). "Graphic, Grabby and Democratic: Posters Get Their Own Museum". New York Times. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  6. ^ Graver, David (July 9, 2019). "Poster House Museum Celebrates the Historic, Influential Medium". Cool Hunting. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  7. ^ Medina, Samuel (April 29, 2020). "Lighting Adds to the Graphic Quality of New York's Poster House". Metropolis Magazine. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  8. ^ Ferguson, Maeri (June 19, 2019). "SVA Donates Nearly 100 Subway Series Works to Newly Opened Poster House Museum". School of Visual Arts. Retrieved July 16, 2019.

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