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Tadanori Yokoo – Poster Art: Original Posters from 1965 – 2025

The exhibition features more than 200 original posters by Tadanori Yokoo (see Eye 83) — a legendary Japanese artist, graphic designer and painter.

Each of these printed works, reflecting the distinctive cultural content and artistic characteristics of its era, documents Yokoo’s exploration of visual language and the transformation of his artistic expression over more than 60 years. Together, these posters encompass Japan’s postwar transformation across the evolving landscape of its culture and society.

Since the 1960s, his poster design has evolved through a wide range of influences, from Pop Art and traditional Japanese painting to calligraphy, ukiyo-e, Japanese folk colours, Indian patterns, digital art, collage and photography.

Admission: €3-5. Opening hours: Mon − Fri: 09 : 00 − 17 : 00, Sat : 12 : 00 − 18 : 00

Center for Visual Arts Berlin, Unter den Eichen 101, 12203 Berlin

Richard Avedon: Facing West

An exhibition of rare prints from ‘In the American West’, more than 40 years since the series’ debut, curated by Avedon’s granddaughter Caroline Avedon.

Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, 20 Grosvenor Hill, London W1K 3QD

Above. Annette Gonzales, housewife, and her sister Lydia Ranck, secretary, Santuario de Chimayo, New Mexico, Easter Sunday, 6 April, 1980. Photograph by Richard Avedon © The Richard Avedon Foundation.

Noel Carrington: Nothing Need Be Ugly

Curated by writer and publisher Joe Pearson (Design for Today), this exhibition tells the story of publishing’s unsung hero Noel Carrington (1895–1989).

Schooled in Bedford, Noel Carrington (see Eye 85) became one of the most influential figures in design of the twentieth century. Through Puffin Picture Books and Country Life he commissioned, edited and published some of Britain’s best loved children’s picturebooks. He saw the genius in Kathleen Hale, whose series of books about Orlando the Marmalade Cat he published, and he championed artists such as Hilary Stebbing. With Eric Ravilious he published High Street; with Edward Bawden he wrote and published Life in an English Village. The exhibition features publishing classics such as the Kynoch Press Notebooks and Country Life Gardener’s Diaries as well as 120 Puffin Picture Books. The work of his artist sister Dora Carrington also features in the exhibition.

Admission free. Hours: Tuesday - Saturday: 11am-5pm, Sunday: 2pm-5pm, Closed on Mondays
The Higgins Bedford, Wixamtree and Connections Gallery, Castle Lane, Bedford, MK40 3XD

Coming soon

Letterform Live!

Letterform Live! will bring together designers and design lovers to honour the first ten years of Letterform Archive – see Eric Heiman’s interview with founder Rob Saunders in Eye 108. Discounted early bird tickets are available until 1 February 2026.

Admission: Early bird $95 / General $150
Time: Doors 5:45pm / Event 6:00pm–9:00pm PT
The Pearl, 601 19th Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, US

Mouvo 2026

Mouvo 2026, Prague’s digital art conference, will take place in the unique spaces of the PLANETARIUM (featuring the world’s largest LED-dome projection) on Thursday 26 March and at CAMP (with its impressive 24-meter projection wall) on Friday 27 March. Experience groundbreaking visual creations, inspiring lectures and thought-provoking discussions in entirely new dimensions. Speakers include Angela Kirkwood, Private Island, Fromm (see Eye 107) and more. The theme for 2026 is Space.

Admission: Student CZK 1,900 / General CZK 3,900
Planetarium, Královská obora 233, 170 21, Holešovice, Praha 7
CAMP, Vyšehradská 51, Praha 2, Czech Republic

final weeks

The future was then

How does a fascist government influence the artists living in its grasp? This exhibition explores this sadly enduring topic, in this case examining how the government of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini created a broad-reaching ‘culture’ that grew with and into the Futurist movement in the period from 1922 until the overthrow and death of ‘Il Duce’ in 1943. This exhibition is rated PG-13 for some violent imagery.

Italian artists and designers featured in the exhibition include: Giacomo Balla, Fortunato Depero, Lucio Fontana, Osvaldo Licini, Bruno Munari, Gio Ponti, Luigi Russolo, and Mario Sironi.

Curator: B.A. Van Sise. Exhibition Design: Ola Baldych.
Main Gallery, Poster House, 119 W. 23rd Street, New York, NY 10011

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