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Cooper Hewitt Opens “Art of Noise” December 12 • Sperry On View

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum • Opens Art of Noise December 12

Art of Noise • Cooper Hewitt • December 12 – July 19, 2026
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 East 91st Street • New York, NY 10128

Art of Noise at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is a multi-sensory love song to the designers who devote their artistic vision to music. 

Music is a part of our daily lives. By contemplating how music is amplified by art — the design of album covers and concert posters — Cooper Hewitt’s upcoming exhibition Art of Noise shows us how profoundly this art has shaped our experience of the rhythms and melodies we listened to for over 100 years.

A floor-to-ceiling “temple” of music design — including many hundreds of San Francisco’s psychedelic rock posters and  — will feature rock poster artists and legendary bands of every description. Mid-century modern album covers, as well as hip-hop, punk, and rave flyers complete this expansive display of incredible color and creativity. For Cooper Hewitt’s presentation, the exhibition also includes printed and graphic materials from New York’s folk, rock, disco, salsa, punk, new wave and hip-hop scenes that have become embedded in the collective memory of countless listeners.

Art of Noise is not to be missed by any fan of art and music! This massive exhibition celebrates the icons of concert posters including Victor Moscoso, Wes Wilson, Chuck Sperry, David Singer, Lee Conklin, Bonnie MacLean, Milton Glaser and many others.

Art of Noise is organized by SFMOMA and curated by Joseph Becker, associate curator of architecture and design, with Divya Saraf, former curatorial assistant in architecture and design. The New York presentation of “Art of Noise” is curated by Becker with assistance from Cynthia Trope, associate curator of product design and decorative arts, Cooper Hewitt.

The exhibition opens Friday, December 12 at the museum. You can learn more about this amazing exhibition by following the link below.

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Chuck Sperry’s Alabama Shakes Poster Release

Alabama Shakes, Hollywood Bowl 2025
21 x 33
Regular Edition of 775
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and numbered

Alabama Shakes, Hollywood Bowl 2025
21 x 33
Lava Foil Edition of 200
7 colors on lava foil
Signed and numbered

Available Now! The online launch of my Alabama Shakes poster and its lava foil variant through EQL is open now: Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 9 am PST. The launch closes on Friday, August 15, 2024 at 6 pm PST. The launch will be open for 33 hours.

2 Live Launches – One for each edition: Regular and Lava.
One entry per launch – Multiple entries per launch will be penalized.
One print per household – You may only win 1 print across all launches.

Visit the launch page for the release (countdown and launch):

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Sperry’s Alabama Shakes at Hollywood Bowl Poster

Alabama Shakes, Hollywood Bowl 2025
21 x 33
Regular Edition of 775
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and numbered

Alabama Shakes, Hollywood Bowl 2025
21 x 33
Lava Foil Edition of 200
7 colors on lava foil
Signed and numbered

I’m excited to share my newest concert poster for the Alabama Shakes at the Hollywood Bowl on Wednesday, August 13, 2025. [NB: These are the correct edition sizes and print details]

I’ve been paying attention to the Alabama Shake’s singer Brittany Howard’s stage presence. When I listen to her kind, whole-hearted pep talks to her fans, it led me to think: the world needs more of the Alabama Shakes’ brand of love. That’s my inspiration for the poster.

My Alabama Shakes poster and its lava foil variant will be officially available through Alabama Shakes at the concert on Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles. 

Sign up to my mailing list to get the latest release information, and to hear when these beauties will drop online!

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Sperry Solo “Universal” Coming to Paris

Universal, The Art of Chuck Sperry
14 Juin – 14 Juillet • Vernissage: 14 Juin

14 June 2025 to 14 July 2025
Opening: Saturday, June 14, 2025

L’Oeil Ouvert Gallery
1 rue Lucien Sampaix
75010 Paris (metro: République)

PARIS, FRANCE: Chuck Sperry’s solo exhibition “Universal” opens Saturday, June 14 and will be on view through July 14, 2025 at L’Oeil Ouvert Gallery, Paris where Sperry will be showing new works, archive rarities, test prints and a spectacular array of new and archive limited, screen printed, wood panels. Chuck Sperry will be attending; we hope to see you there!

“The artworks featured in the “Universal” exhibition reach for a personal politics, a deeper connection to change and evolution, by connecting with the archetypes at the foundation of our humanist experiment in democracy. I have always maintained that beauty strengthens my message. My current work has much more to do with symmetry and proportion, color and balance. It’s a utopian provocation; while the present era couldn’t be more off balance, more dystopian. I want my work to provoke meditation and emotional responses to its clear colors, balance and symmetry — to give courage, light and beauty to all of us trapped in an ugly historical moment. I think of my work from the last few years as defiant in these dark times. I like to think I give people courage through it. It gives me courage to work on it.” – Chuck Sperry

Informed by art historical figures such as Gustave Moreau and William Morris, combined with poetry and Greek Mythology, Chuck Sperry has cultivated a distinct style brimming with exuberance and energy. Refining his vision through his masterful printing expertise, Sperry creates ethereal and psychedelically saturated screen prints that draw crowds of dedicated fans around the world.

Creating work for musicians such as Pearl Jam, Bob Dylan, Nick Cave, Patti Smith and The Black Keys in addition to his fine art screen prints on wood panel and paper, Chuck Sperry has also used his artwork for social activism and change. The artist describes his political participation – “Freedom of Speech is our most powerful weapon, and it’s a driving force in my art.”

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Chuck Sperry’s Alice Donut Poster

Alice Donut, Brooklyn 2025
Edition of 300
20 x 34.25
6 color on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

In celebration of Alice Donut’s first NYC gig in 15 years! This poster is officially available at the shows in Brooklyn. 

I will make a limited online release of my Alice Donut Poster and its variants via EQL launch opening on Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 9 am PST. The launch closes on Monday, April 28, 2025 at 6 pm PST. The ballot will be open for 33 hours. 

As long as you enter during this timeframe, time of entry does not impact your chances of purchase. There will be three live launches: 1 launch for each edition. You are free to register once for each launch. Multiple entries per launch will be penalized. You may only win 1 poster from each of the live launches within this 33 hour period. One per household.

Visit the launch page for the release (countdown and launch)

“Forged in the back alleys and neon-lit dive bars of New York City in the late 1980s, Alice Donut arrived on the scene with a presence that defied categorization … The band quickly established themselves as architects of an off-kilter sound; one that fused the raw aggression of punk with alternative rock, unexpected pop twist, and a healthy dose of experimental chaos a la Frank Zappa … They were central figures in New York’s underground scene and their fearless experimentation and shifting lineups challenged the norms of what a rock band could be and should be … In a city known for its ceaseless reinvention, Alice Donut remains a vivid reminder of a time when music was as unpredictable as the urban jungle it sprang from. Their legacy lives on in every band that dares to blur the lines between chaos and craft — a true blazing tribute to New York’s untamed creative spirit.” – Sydney Taylor, Loudwire

Alice Donut, Brooklyn 2025
Sparkle Foil Edition of 25
20 x 34.25
6 color on sparkle foil
Signed and Numbered

Alice Donut, Brooklyn 2025
Lava Foil Edition of 25
20 x 34.25
6 color on lava foil
Signed and Numbered

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