Event Calendar

Between 1947 and 1980, Peter Strausfeld, a German refugee interned on the Isle of Man during World War II, created unique, compelling posters for London’s Academy Cinema—the city’s premier art house movie theater. Founded by Elsie Cohen in 1931, the Academy specialized in…

An exhibition celebrating 40 years of art, activism, and anonymity. Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum? Coinciding with the Guerrilla Girls’ 40th anniversary, How to Be a Guerrilla Girl offers a rare, behind-the-scenes look into the inner workings of the…

A largely self-taught photographer, Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925–1972) was a pioneering and inventive artist who created some of the most original images of the mid-twentieth century. His work defies easy categorization as he experimented across various genres and…

Can a photographic portrait inspire political imagination? Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination examines how photographers and their sitters contributed to the proliferation of Pan-African solidarity during the mid-20th century. Embracing the international…

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art celebrates the art of photography in picture books. Visionary photographer-illustrators from Edward Steichen and William Wegman to Dare Wright, Mo Willems, Tana Hoban, Charles R. Smith Jr, and Walter Wick have long trained…