Graphic arts: A celebration of Olympic posters

Nearly nude athletes, politics and big-name artists — they've all had a place on the posters promoting the Games. An exhibit and book look at the art form over the last century.

When London was awarded the 2012 Summer Games in 2005, Margaret Timmers, then senior curator of prints at the city's Victoria and Albert Museum, got the idea to explore the subject of the Olympic poster, a visual symbol that charts the evolution of the movement.

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