The Al Hirschfeld Foundation will join forces The Algonquin Hotel, Autograph Collection (59 W. 44th St, NYC) for a new exhibition of artwork by the artist Al Hirschfeld. “Hirschfeld’s Icons at the Algonquin” will be on exhibition in the hotel’s legendary Oak Room, April 28 – May 8, daily from noon – 6PM, featuring original drawings and hand signed limited edition prints of icons from the worlds of the stage, screen, and concert hall. All artwork is available for purchase. 

Please join us for an opening reception on April 28th from 5 - 7 pm in the Oak Room. There be light refreshments, book signing, and a few surprises. You won't want to miss it.

“Hirschfeld’s Icons at the Algonquin” features over nearly 100 works of icons by the legendary artist including Laurence Olivier in The Entertainer, Jerry Seinfeld, Carol Burnett, Buster Keaton in The Love Nest and more. In celebration of the release of the new book, Hirschfeld’s Icons, the exhibition.

“With ‘Hirschfeld’s Icons at the Algonquin’ we are thrilled to make this Al Hirschfeld artwork available in a gallery exhibition in New York City,” says Al Hirschfeld Foundation’s Creative Director David Leopold. “Dozens of works, originals and lithographs, will be on display for the public to view, and perhaps, to purchase for their own personal collections. “Awards are nice, but for many performers, being captured in pen and ink by Hirschfeld was the ultimate honor,” says Leopold. “It meant they were part of a tradition; a portrait gallery that included some of the biggest names in popular culture. It also meant that they were immortalized—indelible as any tattoo and monumental as any statue. After all, more people saw Hirschfeld’s drawing of a performance than those who saw the actual production itself.”

“Hirschfeld’s Icons at the Algonquin” launches in tandem with the release of new poster book, Hirschfeld’s Icons, Following the success of the USA Today best-seller Hirschfeld’s Icons, the second volume in the series of deluxe oversized 11 x 14-inch Hirschfeld poster books offers a visual journey through seven decades of pop culture history, featuring icons such as Julie Andrews, Charlie Chaplin, Chita Rivera, Richard Pryor, Laurel and Hardy, and the Marx Brothers. Each portrait showcases Hirschfeld’s unmistakable linear calligraphy, both in black and white and in color, that originally appeared on posters, album covers, and the pages of most major publications for over 80 years. Introduction by Dick Cavett and text by David Leopold. Available wherever books are sold April 28, 2026.