A Century of Olympic Posters
Official poster for the Paris Olympic Games, 1924, by Jean Droit & Official poster for London Olympic Games, 1948 by Walter Herz. Both © courtesy of IOC/Victoria and Albert Museum
- Date
- Thursday 16th February - Friday 2nd March 2012
- Time
- 10am - 5pm Monday to Saturday 2pm - 5pm Sunday
- Place
- One Canada Square, London
- Tickets
- Free entry
- Learn More
- http://www.london2012.com/events/a-century-of-olympic-posters-exhibition.php
Canary Wharf begins its celebrations of the 2012 London Olympics with 'A Century of Olympic Posters'.
The major touring exhibition drawn from the Victoria & Albert Museum's internationally acclaimed collection will be showing in the Lobby of One Canada Square from 16 January 2012.
The exhibition is a London exclusive in Olympic year, and features many rare and beautiful examples of posters created for the modern Olympic games, from the early twentieth century to London 2012.
Notable among the collection are Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein designed posters for the 1984 winter and summer Games respectively and posters from the 1936 games in Berlin, the 'Workers Olympiad' in Prague 1921 and the 1948 Games in London.
