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Dave Harper Dave Harper

NEW YORK MAGAZINE: Approval Matrix

New York Magazine’s December 7, 2020 “Approval Matrix” - their deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on taste hierarchies - places the New York City AIDS Memorial’s new program Hear Me in the coveted top-right quadrant - Highbrow and Brilliant.

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Dave Harper Dave Harper

6SQFT: NYC AIDS Memorial debuts powerful sound installation for World AIDS Day

The voices of New Yorkers affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic will be heard daily as part of a new program installed in Greenwich Village. In recognition of World AIDS Day on Tuesday, the New York City AIDS Memorial will launch a sound-based installation composed of speeches, poetry, music, and readings of texts related to the history of the epidemic.

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Dave Harper Dave Harper

NEW YORK TIMES: New York Today Newsletter

The Times’s Julia Carmel writes: As Manhattan’s streets fall quiet for the winter, a new installation will bring life to the New York City AIDS Memorial in Greenwich Village.

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Dave Harper Dave Harper

Jenny Holzer x Avant Arte edition to benefit NYC AIDS Memorial

Artist Jenny Holzer and Avant Arte launched a limited edition on July 29, 2020, called URGE AND URGE AND URGE in collaboration with the New York City AIDS Memorial in a campaign to raise awareness of the ongoing fight against AIDS and funds to support the Memorial’s operations and programs.

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Peter Freeby Peter Freeby

Larry Kramer (1935-2020)

There are few among us who have, during their time on this earth, dramatically altered the trajectory of history. Larry Kramer was one of those people. Whether as a founder of several influential AIDS service and activist organizations; as a controversial and acerbic author and playwright who kept a sharp, unwavering focus on the lives and deaths

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Peter Freeby Peter Freeby

GAY CITY NEWS: Light in the Darkness

On World AIDS Day, the NYC AIDS Memorial launched its Arts and Education Initiative, with an interactive art experience, created in collaboration with artist Jenny Holzer.

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