AIDS
In Memoriam
Larry Kramer and the Comfort of Being Mad
The author and activist passed away this week at age 84.
T. Cole Rachel
5.31.20
Art
Dipping Into the Sonic and Visual Pleasures of Queer Chicanx Art in LA
An exhibition at the Hunter College Art Galleries surveys an overlooked era of creativity by queer Chicanx artists in LA circa the 1970s-1980s.
Nicholas Chittenden Morgan
8.14.18
Art
David Wojnarowicz Is My Shepherd, and I Want All the Beauty
A retrospective of an artists’ artist displays the wrathful gorgeousness of queer art as AIDS approached.
Paige Katherine Bradley
7.13.18
Art
An 80s Dance Piece Brings the Memory of AIDS Epidemic to a New Generation
A new restaging of Ishmael Houston-Jones’s collaborative 1986 dance “Them” at Performance Space is a haunting reminder of the decimation of AIDS.
Paige Katherine Bradley
6.26.18
Art
7 Films by Black Artists Give Voice to Marginalized Communities
A new program of videos screening worldwide on World AIDS Day focuses on sidelined figures within black communities across the US.
Sarah Valdez
12.1.17
Life
These STD Check Billboards are Going Viral
A series of high-visibility billboard posters have treated LA residents to a sometimes jarring array of familiar images, with an echo of an iconic work of early-'90s art.
Travis Diehl
10.20.17