Tag: Art Nouveau

Poster House Museum Celebrates the Historic, Influential Medium

A first-of-its-kind institution in NYC dedicated to this artistic means of mass communication

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No one can deny the power of a poster. From political propaganda to tour announcements, this medium of mass communication (and persuasion) pervades contemporary society. Now, its impactful and illustrious history has a dedicated museum in NYC‘s art-oriented Chelsea neighborhood. Poster House exclusively exhibits influential works, artists and movements from the poster world. It occupies the former Tekserve storefront on 23rd Street, which has been …

The Treasures Within Perrier-Jouët’s Maison Belle Epoque

Inside the largest private collection of French Art Nouveau in all Europe

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While the sight of toiling nomadic harvesters plucking stems of robust Pinot Meunier grapes in the autumn sun may be an eternal Champagne landscape, newly refurbished interiors of the 200-year-old Maison Perrier-Jouët in Epernay blend its reserve of Belle Epoque treasures with a trove of installations by 21st Century artists. The former is, in fact, the largest private collection of French Art Nouveau in all …