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“Food to Vision Hungry Children”: Art and Fragments from Steven Arnold’s Mouth
"The fight must be waged on all fronts. Saving lives is the reward." Tony Feher, Artist Member
Uncovering
Keiko Lane reflects on the artwork of her friend Cory Roberts-Auli (1963–1996), whose collaborative paintings often used blood as an artistic medium. One of these haunting works is featured on the cover of Lane's memoir Blood Loss: A Love Story of AIDS, Activism, and Art, out this week from Duke University Press. → Read MorePostcards from the Edge 2025: Call for artwork
Our open call for artwork is now live! Submission deadline: Friday, November 22 → Read MoreIntroducing our 2024 Research Fellows
Visual AIDS is excited to announce Avik Sarkar, Isabella Marie Garcia, Jorge Bordello, Timothy E. Bradley, and Vanessa Fleet as our 2024 Research Fellows. → Read MoreDon’t Mourn Consecrate: Talking about Juan González’s historic public art
On October 19, 2023, Theodore Kerr, Leah Sweet, and Nicholas Martin hosted a long table discussion about Juan González’s 1987 installation 'Don’t Mourn Consecrate.' Installed in the storefront windows of the Grey Art Gallery, 'Don’t Mourn' was one of the first public artworks to engage with the AIDS crisis in the US. This transcript documents the discussion, including remarks from six invited presenters as well as audience responses. → Read MoreEvents Calendar
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Founded in 1988, Visual AIDS is the only arts organization fully committed to raising AIDS awareness and creating dialogue around HIV issues today, by producing and presenting visual art projects, exhibitions, public forums and publications - while assisting artists living with HIV/AIDS. We are committed to preserving and honoring the work of artists with HIV/AIDS and the artistic contributions of the AIDS movement.
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