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“Untitled” (Portrait of Ross in L.A.)
Read more: “Untitled” (Portrait of Ross in L.A.)Artist: Félix González-Torres Media: Candies in variously coloured wrappers, endless supply, ideal weight of 175 lb Date & Location: 1991 Where can I find this item?: Art Institute of Chicago, Contemporary Art, Gallery 293 Source: Wikimedia Commons (Creative Commons) Significance…
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Untitled
Read more: UntitledIn May 1992, a series of 24 billboards displaying an identical image began appearing throughout New York City. They featured a giant close-up black-and-white photograph, without text, of a rumpled bed, pillows still indented from the heads that had rested…
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Art AIDS America traveling exhibition
Read more: Art AIDS America traveling exhibitionIf you visit the Art AIDS America exhibition expecting to see activist slogans and memorial pieces along with some art-world superstars, you won’t be disappointed—Keith Haring, Robert Mapplethorpe and the “Silence = Death” slogan are present and accounted for—but you…