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AIDS activism

  • Associated art terms include Graphic design, Poster, and Artist collective.

Works

12 works online

  • ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power). Silence = Death. 1987

    ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) Silence = Death 1987

  • David Wojnarowicz. Untitled. 1990

    David Wojnarowicz Untitled 1990

  • Lola Flash. AIDS is Killing Artists, Self-Portrait, Provincetown, Massachusetts. c. 1990

    Lola Flash AIDS is Killing Artists, Self-Portrait, Provincetown, Massachusetts c. 1990

  • Chuck Close, Nan Goldin, Jim Hodges, Frank Moore, Jorge Pardo, Jack Pierson, Lari Pittman, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, Kiki Smith, Robert Wilson, Various Artists. 1989. 2000

    Chuck Close, Nan Goldin, Jim Hodges, Frank Moore, Jorge Pardo, Jack Pierson, Lari Pittman, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, Kiki Smith, Robert Wilson, Various Artists 1989 2000

  • Robert Gober. Untitled. 1986

    Robert Gober Untitled 1986

  • Felix Gonzalez-Torres. "Untitled" (USA Today). 1990

    Felix Gonzalez-Torres "Untitled" (USA Today) 1990

  • Gregg Bordowitz. Fast Trip, Long Drop. 1993

    Gregg Bordowitz Fast Trip, Long Drop 1993

  • General Idea. Magi© Bullet. 1992

    General Idea Magi© Bullet 1992

  • Wolfgang Tillmans. Jochen taking a bath. 1997

    Wolfgang Tillmans Jochen taking a bath 1997

  • Visual AIDS Artists Caucus. AIDS Awareness Ribbon. 1991

    Visual AIDS Artists Caucus AIDS Awareness Ribbon 1991

  • Two people are near a large, historic building with intricate archways and a domed roof, made of red and white materials. The foreground shows a reddish-brown dirt path with green patches of grass. This is an AI generated description. To give feedback, email ai@moma.org.

    Sunil Gupta Humayun's Tomb, Americans--talking about AIDS and distributing condoms. Nobody believes them. They're always telling us what to do 1986

  • Las Yeguas del Apocalipsis, Pedro Mardones Lemebel, Francisco Casas Silva. Las Dos Fridas (The Two Fridas). 1989

    Las Yeguas del Apocalipsis, Pedro Mardones Lemebel, Francisco Casas Silva Las Dos Fridas (The Two Fridas) 1989

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    “My Friends Gave Me Their Love”: Remembering New York City’s AIDS Crisis Together

    Join Lola Flash and five friends as they reminisce about art and community when the AIDS epidemic tore through NYC in the 1980s and ’90s.
    Lola Flash, Aldo Hernandez, Agosto Machado, Pamela Sneed, Idris Mignott, Thea Quiray TagleJun 3, 2025
  • Associated art terms include Graphic design, Poster, and Artist collective.

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