Hasta La Ideas

Usually, if you see a stellar poster at or about Lincoln Center, it’s been designed by Paula Scher, who most recently composed a masterpiece of a graphic identity for the New York Philharmonic. But the cultural mecca, which last month launched its year-long 50th anniversary celebration, has a long history of collaborating with leading visual artists. Since 1962, the Lincoln Center/List Poster and Print Program has commissioned the likes of Helen Frankenthaler, Sol Lewitt, Donald Baechler, George Condo, Pat Steir, Elizabeth Murray, and Larry Rivers (that’s his 1979 work above) to commemorate Lincoln Center events and series, and a selection of works from the collection go on view this Sunday at New York’s Time Warner Center. Those who can’t make it to Gotham before the exhibition closes on July 12 can check out Lincoln Center’s online poster gallery, where some of the works are available for purchase.