Exhibitions

The decade that followed the 1917 Russian Revolution saw modern artists exuberantly, if briefly, enlisted to help reimagine society, before the ultimate governmental suppression. In this politically tense era, film poster design straddled the competing worlds of abstraction and realism while engaging the young art of film.

Renowned as a fashion illustrator, Oscar-winning costume designer, social caricaturist, and writer, Cecil Beaton imaginatively elevated fashion and portrait photography into an exuberant art form.