Poster House Art Deco

The term "Art Deco" did not exist until the 1960s. Prior to that, the geometric, bold, machine-focused style now collectively packaged within that genre was known by many names, representing a variety of regional versions of Modernism. This exhibition chronicles the rise and fall of what would come to be known as Art Deco, starting with the 1925 Paris Exhibition where various factions of.

While Art Deco's influence touched everything from architecture to fashion, its appearance in posters is especially striking. Suddenly, products and destinations were being advertised through the rhythmic repetition of bold shapes, brilliant colors, and a kinetic sense of accelerated movement and power. Sep 27, 2025-Feb 22, 2026.

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The Chrysler Building, the Waldorf-Astoria, Rockefeller Center-these are among the hundreds of Art Deco monuments that during the 1920s and '30s helped create the image of New York City as the world's modern metropolis. In New York, Art Deco evolved through a series of Manhattan skyscrapers into the city's chief architectural language. Discover a variety of events hosted by Poster House, the museum dedicated to the history, art, and design of posters.

In stock Our official exhibition poster for Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant-Garde on view at Poster House from September 28, 2023-February 25, 2024. The poster features Modiano, 1929, by Róbert Berény. After studying in Paris, Berény became one of the first artists to introduce Cubism, Expressionism, and Fauvism to the Hungarian avant.

Join Poster House Chief Curator Angelina Lippert for a guided tour of the acclaimed exhibition Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant. Original poster from the Milton Glaser Archive. Long inspired by Art Deco graphic design, Glaser designed this poster to promote an Art Deco exhibition at the Finch College Museum of Art in 1970.

Poster House is dedicated to presenting the impact, culture, and design of posters, both as historical documents and methods of contemporary visual communication. Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant-GardeSee Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant-Garde, on view at Poster House from September 28, 2023-February 25, 2024.