Collection Exhibitions
2020-2023
Black Power to Black People: Branding the Black Panther Party
Poster House
March 2–September 10, 2023
Engineer, Agitator,Constructor: The Artist Reinvented
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
December 13, 2020-April 10, 2021
Catalogue by Jodi Hauptman and Adrian Sudhalter
Made in Japan: 20th Century Poster Art & Design
Poster House
March 2–September 10, 2023
"Youth Style": Austrian and German Posters from the Merrill C. Berman Collection
Galerie St. Etienne, New York
March 18-May 22, 2020
Brochure by Jane Kallir
Disrupting Design: Modern Posters, 1900–1940
High Museum of Art
December 10, 2021–April 24, 2022
2010-2019
Futurismo! The Italian Avant-Garde and its Cultural Impact: Selections from the Merrill C. Berman Collection
CUNY Queens College, New York
November 19, 2019-January 24, 2020
Carl Grossberg: Selections from the Merrill C. Berman Collection
Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
August 4-December 12, 2017 and December 15, 2017–July 22, 2018
Catalogue by Melissa Venator
American Masterworks from the Merrill C. Berman Collection
Alexandre Gallery, New York
May 14-June 26, 2015
Catalogue by Robert Cozzolino, David C. Driskell, Peter Nesbett, and John Yau
![Vladímir Lébedev (1891-1967) [drawn primarily from Berman’s collection]Fundación Juan March, Cuenca, SpainJune 15-September 9, 2012Catalogue by Masha Koval , et. al.View the exhibition](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68e6f8d34bcf00a52fd5a6/1590157402580-BDR2GO24RIGXVIMXQNHI/lebdev+juan+march.jpg)
Vladímir Lébedev (1891-1967) [drawn primarily from Berman’s collection]
Fundación Juan March, Cuenca, Spain
June 15-September 9, 2012
Catalogue by Masha Koval , et. al.
Photomontage Between the Wars, 1918-1939: Selections from the Merrill C. Berman Collection
Museo de Arte Abstracto Español, Cuenca, Spain
March 2-May 27, 2012
Museu Fundación Juan March, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
June 13-September 8, 2012
Carlton University Art Museum, Ottawa, Canada
October 15-December 16, 2012
Catalogue by Adrian Sudhalter and Deborah L. Roldán
View the catalogue
![The Ring: Art and Commerce, Kurt Schwitters and Colleagues, Selections from the Merrill C. Berman Collection [two gallery rotations over a six-month period]Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MAJune 2016-January 2017View the exhi…](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68e6f8d34bcf00a52fd5a6/1590157259451-5ULAH3PR63D3Q4JBBKTH/the+ring.jpg)
The Ring: Art and Commerce, Kurt Schwitters and Colleagues, Selections from the Merrill C. Berman Collection [two gallery rotations over a six-month period]
Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
June 2016-January 2017
![Kurt Schwitters: Avant-Garde and Advertising [drawn from Berman’s and José María Lafuente’s collections]Museo Fundación Juan March, Palma de Mallorca, Spain and Museo de Arte Abstracto Español, Cuenca, SpainJuly 16-October 4, 2014 and October 15, 20…](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68e6f8d34bcf00a52fd5a6/1590157312523-935772ZYRG8VZUXPGWUL/schwitters.jpg)
Kurt Schwitters: Avant-Garde and Advertising [drawn from Berman’s and José María Lafuente’s collections]
Museo Fundación Juan March, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
July 16-October 4, 2014
Museo de Arte Abstracto Español, Cuenca, Spain
October 15, 2014-February 15, 2015
Catalogue by Javier Maderuelo and Adrian Sudhalter
Coming Attraction: Cuban Movie Posters from the Merrill C. Berman Collection
International Print Center, New York (IPCNY)
April 5-May 12, 2012
![Who Owns the World? Art and Politics in the Weimar Republic [gallery rotation drawn from Berman’s and Harvard’s collections]Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MADecember 11, 2018-May 31, 2019View the exhibition](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68e6f8d34bcf00a52fd5a6/1590157134549-8UHCRDWQ1MHEHEFFNBIK/image-asset.jpeg)
Who Owns the World? Art and Politics in the Weimar Republic [gallery rotation drawn from Berman’s and Harvard’s collections]
Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
December 11, 2018-May 31, 2019
Art as Activism: Graphic Art from the Merrill C. Berman Collection
New York Historical Society, New York
June 26-September 13, 2015
Elegance and Extravagance: Japanese Posters from the Merrill C. Berman Collection
Ackland Museum of Art, Chapel Hill, NC
September 7, 2012-January 6, 2013
Catalogue by Peter Nisbet
![The Avant-Garde Applied, 1890-1950 [drawn from the collections of Merrill C. Berman and José María Lafuente]Fundación Juan March, Madrid, SpainMarch 30-July 1, 2012Catalogue by Manuel Fontán del Junco, Richard Hollis, Maurizio Scudiero, and Bruno To…](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68e6f8d34bcf00a52fd5a6/1590157443893-KIF95FJQBPCGU7ZYHSYR/avant+garde+applied.jpg)
The Avant-Garde Applied, 1890-1950 [drawn from the collections of Merrill C. Berman and José María Lafuente]
Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Spain
March 30-July 1, 2012
Catalogue by Manuel Fontán del Junco, Richard Hollis, Maurizio Scudiero, and Bruno Tonini
2000-2009
The Bolshevik Poster 1917-1921: From the Collection of Merrill C. Berman
Manhattanville College, Arthur M. Merger Art Gallery
October 7-November 3, 2009
Brochure by Jim Frank
Cut and Paste: European Photomontage, 1920–1945
Estorick Collection of Modern Art, London
September 24-December 21, 2008
Catalogue by Lutz Becker
Graphischen Arbeiten der Avantgarde 1918-1934: Aus der Sammlung Merrill C. Berman
Langen Foundation, Neuss
February 12-May 14, 2006
Catalogue by Lutz Becker [The Langen Foundation was the last stop on the tour of the Hayward Gallery’s Avant-Garde Graphics exhibition that began in 2004. The Langen Foundation produced their own German-language catalogue, which is related to but differs from the English-language catalogue.]
Avant-Gardes: Selections from the Merrill C. Berman Collection, Constructivism, Dada, De Stijl, Futurism, Neue Sachlichkeit, Surrealism
Ubu Gallery, New York
February 5-April 24, 2004
Catalogue
European and Russian Photomontage, 1920-1940: From the Collection of Merrill C. Berman
Ubu Gallery, New York
May 15-July 31, 2009
Packaging Presidents: 200 Years of Campaigns & Candidates. Illustrated with selections from the Merrill C. Berman Collection
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation, Springfield, IL
February 5-November 30, 2008
Catalogue by Frederick Voss, Rick Beard, and Michael Cheney [See 1984 publication of the same name by Frederick Voss, upon which this publication builds.]
Avant-Garde Graphics, 1918–1934: From the Merrill C. Berman Collection
Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
October 1-November 27, 2004
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, South Wales
December 4, 2004-February 13, 2005; Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London
March 23-June 5, 2005
Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
July 30-September 25, 2005
Langen Foundation, Neuss, Germany
February 12-May 14, 2006
Catalogue by Lutz Becker and Richard Hollis, published by Hayward Gallery
![Bauhaus Modern [drawn from Berman’s and Smith’s collections]Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MassachusettsSeptember 26-December 7, 2008Brochure by Karen Koehler](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68e6f8d34bcf00a52fd5a6/1590157729278-3RV776YIF9W1WUVXJRYD/bauhaus+modern+smith.jpg)
Bauhaus Modern [drawn from Berman’s and Smith’s collections]
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts
September 26-December 7, 2008
Brochure by Karen Koehler
Aspects of Russian Art, 1915–1935: Selections from the Merrill C. Berman Collection
Ubu Gallery, New York
May 3-July 22, 2005
Catalogue
Power to the People: Early Soviet Propaganda Posters
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
March 17-June 30, 2004
Catalogue by Alex Ward
1990-1999
Graphic Design in the Mechanical Age: Selections from the Merrill C. Berman Collection
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA; Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York; IVAM, Centro Julio Gonzalez, Valencia; Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo; Kawasaki City Museum; Obihiro Museum of Art; and Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1998-1999
Catalogue by Deborah Rothschild, Ellen Lupton and Darra Goldstein
Building the Collective: Soviet Graphic Design 1917-1937, Selections from the Merrill C. Berman Collection
Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York and Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
February 7, 1996–March 30, 1997
Catalogue by Leah Dickerman
1980-1989
Captured Glance: The Avant-Garde and Advertising in the Twenties, in collaboration with Merrill C. Berman
Helen Serger/La Boetie, New York
April 4-May 29, 1987
Catalogue
![The 20th Century Poster: Design of the Avant-Garde [drawn largely from Berman collection]Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY; The Saint Louis Museum of Art, MI; Dayton Art Institute, OH; Neuberger Museum, Purchase…](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68e6f8d34bcf00a52fd5a6/1590158306746-N8MBKNN46S52IFACA7XS/20th+century+poster.jpg)
The 20th Century Poster: Design of the Avant-Garde [drawn largely from Berman collection]
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY; Saint Louis Art Museum, MI; Dayton Art Institute, OH; Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY; and Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Quebec
May 12, 1984–November 10, 1985
Catalogue by Dawn Ades, Alma Law, Merrill C. Berman, et. al.
Avant-Garde Alchemy: Russian Stage Design, 1900–1930
Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
April 18–June 8, 1986
Catalogue by Dorothy K. White
Art for the Masses: Russian Revolutionary Art from the Merrill C. Berman Collection
Williams College Museum of the Art, Williamstown, MA
January 27-March 17, l985
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
August 28-October 18, 1985
Catalogue by Darra Goldstein
Packaging Presidents: Memorabilia from Campaigns Past
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
September 23-November 11, 1984
Catalogue by Frederick Voss