Making the Change
Facing the Faces of HIV, a New Florida Anti-HIV Stigma Project Rolls Out
by Alina Oswald
How many ways can one tell a story? How many...
Graphic Encounters
Artist Mark Bennett talks about transforming loss into more abundant living
by Lester Strong
Whimsy and AIDS may not seem a compatible mix. But sometimes whimsy...
Cameron Wolf
Transcendent Beauty
Imbued with Asian mythology, the photographs of Cameron Wolf embrace a Thai community’s creative response to HIV/AIDS
by Sean Black
Fourteen years after A&U first featured...
Barbara Romain, Alexandria Allan, Kurt Weston: Artists
Remembering Without Flinching
Three Artists’ Work Commemorates Those Lost to AIDS in Their Prime
by Hank Trout
One cannot help wondering whether, in 1988, when James W....
Kia Labeija: Artist
Kwan's Song & the Allure of Immortality
by Sean Black
“He has kept me alive,” describes native New Yorker and multidisciplinary artist Kia Labeija during...
Frank Moore
Let It Shine
Angela Leroux-Lindsey explores the long-lasting effects of Frank Moore’s toxic beauty
From the moment of his HIV diagnosis, Frank Moore’s painting became an...
Richard Haines
Art Belongs to Us
Fashion Blogger Richard Haines Talks to Lester Strong About the Consolations of Beauty and Art in the Age of AIDS
artist’s time,...
The End Was Near
MCA Chicago’s “This Will Have Been” Revisits the Political Urgency of the 1980s
by Larry Buhl
In the 2010 film Hot Tub Time Machine, one character scoffs...
Vernon “Copy” Berg: Artist
An Original Copy
Vernon “Copy” Berg’s Thoughtful, Playful, Singular Art
by John McIntyre
Vernon Berg III was better known as “Copy,” in recognition of his similarities to...
David Faulk & Michael Johnstone: Artists
Two Men & a Mrs. Vera
Artists David Faulk and Michael Johnstone Invite Us to Escape into the Outrageous Universe of the Verasphere
by Hank Trout
First,...
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The Waiting Room: Fiction by Harry F. Rey
The Waiting Room
Glasgow 2020
"Michael?” I call out into the waiting room. The smell of fresh paint and flowers is overwhelming, almost making me want...
