Make Me Famous tells the story of the painter Edward Brezinski, and reveals much about the downtown art scene of this time, and its legendary figures
Feb 17, 2023
The celebrated late artist known for his politicised self-portraits and Aids activism also played in 3 Teens Kill 4 – the experimental group that would cover Chaka Kahn and use tins of beans in their provocative stage shows
Sep 14, 2021
The author of the most comprehensive exploration of the New York City queer hotspot speaks on some of the visionaries who turned a set of decaying piers into works of art
May 13, 2020
Through extreme, avant-garde filmmaking the artist grappled with the Aids crisis, queer rights, heroin, and more
Feb 25, 2019
For Victoria Sin, Robert Mapplethorpe, Cindy Sherman, Ulay and more, drag is a powerful act of resistance against race, class and gender constructs
Aug 14, 2018
From Larry Clark depicting sex work in 80s and 90s New York to artists turning to drag as a means of expression, and how to see Jenny Holzer’s works for free
Aug 13, 2018
Five artists who brazenly captured hustling on the streets for a living
Aug 10, 2018
In times of deep human struggle, is art our only way forward? Richard Mosse, Ai Weiwei, Douglas Emory, and more, say it is
Aug 09, 2018
The activists opposed the New York gallery’s representation of the Aids crisis as a historical event
Jul 31, 2018
We unpick the meaning behind some of Wojnarowicz’s most important artworks as a major exhibition launches in New York
Jul 12, 2018
The triptych of images were shot in 1969 by the late New York photographer, Peter Hujar
Jan 25, 2018
The artist, whose name you either don’t know or worry you’ve mispronounced, left behind a body of work whose radiant fury is becoming more and more essential by the minute
Apr 06, 2017
Read an exclusive excerpt from the late artist and activist’s Brush Fires in the Social Landscape as we celebrate its 20th anniversary
Mar 25, 2015
