Artists' posters
From Toulouse-Lautrec to Jeff Koons
(03 October 2015 - 21 February 2016)
The show begins
Leading contemporary artists’ forays into disciplines other than the visual and plastic arts – such as designing costumes and sets for opera and theatre performances – and the avant-garde movements’ attraction to design and graphic communication resulted in posters created by a host of artists such as Braque, Léger, Duchamp, Chagall, Magritte, Rauschenberg and Hockney to advertise all kinds of cultural events.
Whether commissions or personal projects, based on existing paintings of theirs or designed specifically for the purpose in their characteristic style, these posters were used to publicise charity balls, music and film festivals, plays, operas, ballets, concerts, publications, films, exhibitions and even sporting contests.