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HIV/AIDS
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Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism and the AIDS Poster
Read more: Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism and the AIDS PosterUp Against the Wall: Art, Activism, and the AIDS Poster is the traveling version of the first major exhibition devoted to the University of Rochester’s collection of HIV/AIDS-related posters. It illustrates to a broad audience that “AIDS affects everyone” and…
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Chinese AIDS activist Gao Yaojie
Read more: Chinese AIDS activist Gao YaojieGao Yaojie (Chinese: 高耀潔, Gao Yaojie; 19 December 1927 – 10 December 2023) was a Chinese gynecologist, academic, and AIDS activist based in Zhengzhou, Henan, China. Gao was honoured for her work by the United Nations and Western organizations whilst…
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How Keith Haring Made Uncomfortable Topics More Digestible
Read more: How Keith Haring Made Uncomfortable Topics More DigestibleKeith Haring is known to be one of the biggest artists raising awareness for HIV and AIDS, considering he had also passed away from HIV. Starting his career covering ads with spray paint and chalk in subway stations in New…
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The project: Give cameras to people with HIV. The pictures: Joy, grief, desire, hope
Read more: The project: Give cameras to people with HIV. The pictures: Joy, grief, desire, hopeFor artist Vasilios Papapitsios, going public with his HIV status has been gradual. He was diagnosed at age 19, but about three years passed before he wrote an anonymous piece about his experience for a North Carolina zine. He presented…
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“Medicine Man,” a mobile sculpture commissioned by MAKE ART/STOP AIDS
Read more: “Medicine Man,” a mobile sculpture commissioned by MAKE ART/STOP AIDS“Medicine Man,” a mobile sculpture that MAKE ART/STOP AIDS commissioned from San Francisco-based artists Daniel Goldstein and John Kapellas. The piece is constructed of pill bottles that Goldstein and Kapellas, and their partners, saved up from treatment regimens dating as…
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Miss HIV Stigma Free
Read more: Miss HIV Stigma FreeTo change Bostwana’s regional misconceptions about HIV, Kesego Basha-Muebli, founded the Miss HIV stigma free pageant. A pageant designed for women who are currently receiving health and wellness counseling and HIV antiretroviral treatment to come out to their friends and…