Visual AIDS Blog

Launching June 6 - What is 21st Century Liberation?

Join Visual AIDS and New York Live Arts to kick off Visual AIDS' latest broadside project and installation, What Is 21st Century Liberation?, designed by Avram Finkelstein, co-creator of SILENCE=DEATH, and Rodrigo Moreira. → Read More

The Artist+ Registry as Living Archive: An Undergraduate Perspective

After conversations with Ivan Bujan about his academic work at the intersections of AIDS and performance studies, Visual AIDS publishes reflections from Bujan’s course at Northwestern University in Spring 2018 → Read More

A goodbye letter from Alex Fialho

"I am aspiring to write, teach and curate about AIDS-related art histories in graduate school at Yale and beyond, continuing the heartfelt work I’ve done at Visual AIDS. My last day as Programs Director will be June 4." → Read More

Announcing Day With(out) Art 2019

Visual AIDS will commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of Day With(out) Art with seven newly commissioned videos by Shanti Avirgan, Nguyen Tan Hoang, Carl George, Viva Ruiz, Iman Shervington, Jack Waters, and Derrick Woods-Morrow in collaboration with Patric McCoy. → Read More

Sam Gordon on Joyce McDonald: "Reverend Joyce McDonald is a visionary artist—her revelatory art fuses experience into strength, hope, and power."

In anticipation of the Visual AIDS Vanguard Awards on May 16, Visual AIDS interviews artist and curator Sam Gordon about Joyce McDonald's art and message. → Read More

Joshua Chambers-Letson on Muna Tseng—"Muna lives her own artistic genius and at the same time brings some part of her brother Tseng Kwong Chi back to life."

In anticipation of the Visual AIDS Vanguard Awards on May 16, Visual AIDS interviews writer and performance theorist Joshua Chambers-Letson about Muna Tseng's creative practice and work stewarding the artist legacy of her brother, Tseng Kwong Chi. → Read More

Charles Renfro on Tom Bianchi—"Tom has become a role model for a new generation who hope to be as full of art and life as he is."

In anticipation of the Visual AIDS Vanguard Awards on May 16, Visual AIDS interviews architect Charles Renfro about Tom Bianchi's photography and influence. → Read More

Oral History Interview of Artist Member Luna Luis Ortiz by Ollín Rodríguez Lopez

In this oral history interview by Ollín Rodriguez, Luna reflects on his experiences growing up in New York City and Lancaster, PA, meeting his gay circle of friends, and more. → Read More

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: The HIV HOWLER: Transmitting Art and Activism Issue 4 on Movement-Migration

An opportunity from our friends at The HIV Howler. Deadline: May 1, 2019 → Read More

THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING

Watch the first season of J Triangular's weekly webseries here! Featuring activists and artists in New York City discussing their work and the ongoing urgency of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, centering queer voices and women of color. → Read More