An Iconography of Contagion: 20th-Century Health Posters and the Visual Representation of Infectious Disease

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“An Iconography of Contagion: 20th-Century Health Posters and the Visual Representation of Infectious Disease” looks at what happens when health providers team with artists. These posters from Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America from the 1920s and the 1990s carry graphic warnings about AIDS, malaria, syphilis, and tuberculosis. Opens September 2.