Michael Johnstone & David Faulk (Mrs. Vera): Artists
Picture This
With the help of his partner and subject, a San Francisco photographer commemorates the colorful lives of friends lost to AIDS
by Chip Alfred
When...
Mario Sostre
Sofrito Magic
New York City artist Mario Sostre offers a mixed media recipe for keeping everybody in the know about HIV/AIDS
by Alina Oswald
Sofrito is a...
Nancer LeMoins
Art that Matters
Alina Oswald Talks with Artist Nancer LeMoins About AIDS Stigma, Fighting for More Resources for Women Living with HIV/AIDS and Environmental &...
Global Meets Local
Artists Draw on Experiences to Make the Breadth of AIDS Visible
by Chael Needle
Reflecting on President Reagan’s silence around AIDS in the 1980s, Tony Kushner...
Darcy Padilla
Heartbreak & Humanity
Photographer Darcy Padilla Addresses the Complexities of Poverty and the Difficult Task of Documenting Pain
by Sean Black
It was February 28, 1993, and...
Graphic Gift
The Wolfsonian–Florida International University (FIU) in Miami Beach, Florida, is the recipient of a recent donation of over 3,600 AIDS-themed posters created between 1985...
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,...
Read My Lips
The First Retrospective of Gran Fury Reminds that Kissing Doesn’t Kill (Greed and Indifference Do)
by Angela Leroux-Lindsey
In November 1989, New York Archbishop John O’Connor opened...
Journeys Through Darkness
Journeys Through Darkness
by Alina Oswald
CreateSpace
Reviewed by Chip Alfred
To put it simply, Kurt Weston’s story is a writer’s dream. Having endured more than his share...
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...
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It seemed as if everyone had been trying to keep this secret from me for as long as they could. But Samantha was tired...
