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Opening Night: Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum NYC

Situated on the highest point of Fifth Avenue with expansive views of Central Park, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum is housed in philanthropist and steel magnate Andrew Carnegie’s former mansion on museum mile. The gravity of the setting created an exciting, wonderful and surreal setting for the opening night of “Art of Noise” and my psychedelic contribution to the exhibition. Please go see the exhibition open through August 2026; it’s a magnificent achievement curated by Joseph Becker of the SFMOMA (pictured at his opening night presentation with Gary Hustwit). 

Art of Noise

 

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Cooper Hewitt Opens “Art of Noise” February 13 • Sperry On View

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum • Opens Art of Noise February 13 • [UPDATED]

Art of Noise • Cooper Hewitt • February 13 – 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, February 13 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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