Post-it Note Art

Use in art
In 2004, Paola Antonelli, a curator of architecture and design, included Post-it notes in a show entitled "Humble Masterpieces". Rebecca Murtaugh is a California artist who uses Post-it notes in her artwork; in 2001, she created an installation by covering her whole bedroom with $1000 worth of the notes, using the ordinary yellow for objects she saw as having less value and neon colors for more important objects, such as the bed. Since 2002, Jésica López of Monterrey, Mexico, has been painting series of figures and portraits with acrylic on Post-it notes to depict, for instance, the faces of the "101 most powerful women" identified in the Forbes list of 2006. Some artists create entire murals of colored Post-it notes.
In 2000 the 20th anniversary of Post-it notes was celebrated by having artists create artworks on the notes. One such work, by the artist R. B. Kitaj, sold for £640 in an auction, making it the most valuable Post-it note on record.
In 2003, the Post-it note had a central role in a new play, Inside a Bigger Box (written by Trish Harnetiaux and directed by Jude Domsky), that premiered in New York City at the 78th Street Theatre. In conjunction with the show, Harnetiaux, Domski and the artists' non-profit organization NurtureART curated an International Post-it Brand Note Art exhibit and a panel discussion with various artists. Post-it inventor Art Fry participated in the panel, which was curated by the current MOMA head of design Paola Antonelli.