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

Sun, December 1, 2019, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM EST at Saint John’s In the Village, 218 West 11th Street, New York, NY 10014 Carols by Candlelight: an Advent Sequence for World AIDS Day will be sung by the professional Choir of St John’s in the Village in collaboration with the Choir of Dignity

Please join us on December 1, 2019 for World AIDS Day programming. A candlelight vigil begins at 6 PM at the New York City AIDS Memorial (Greenwich Avenue & West 12th Street) and continues to St. John’s Lutheran Church (81 Christopher Street) for time of reflection and reading of names of those we have lost.

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.

For #LighttheFight, Jenny Holzer lit up New York streets with quotes from activists, writers, and politicians.

New York and the world observed World AIDS Day on Saturday, and for many it was a bittersweet day – one of solemnness and hope.

On World AIDS Day, pop-up installations in New York City will commemorate the fight to end the disease—and the lives lost from it.

In honor of World AIDS Day, renowned conceptual artist Jenny Holzer will release a mobile exhibition that will shine a light on the history and current impact of the AIDS epidemic.

On the first day of December, a fleet of trucks illuminating the words of activists, poets, artists, educators and people living with H.I.V. and AIDS will travel through the city, competing with the billboards, neon and other distractions, in a mobile art exhibition for World AIDS Day.

The New York City AIDS Memorial recently received a $500,000 gift from Empire State Development.

Pride is upon us! This weekend we celebrate and commemorate 49 years of Pride in New York City!

The NYC Memorial was featured in the New York Times for it’s role in a unique, immersive performance titled, Saint Vincent’s Project: Novenas For a Lost Hospital. Playwrite Cusi Cram tells the New York Times, “the play grew from discussions with Rattlestick’s artistic director, Danielle Topol, about moving theater outside the walls of a building.”

John Cameron Mitchell of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” and the director of the new film “How to Talk to Girls at Parties,” highlighted the NYC AIDS Memorial on his tour of the West Village for NY1.

The NYC AIDS Memorial was recognized in Architectural Digest for receiving The Regina Kellerman Award from The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation.

At the intersection of Twelfth Street and Greenwich Avenue, in the West Village, lies a small parcel of land shaped like a pizza slice, with Seventh Avenue as the crust.

Thank you to everyone who came out to our public dedication this morning and thank you to everyone who helped us build this important memorial to honor our dead and recognize our heroes.

A memorial to honor the AIDS epidemic was dedicated Thursday in New York City, just in time for World AIDS Day.

The New York City AIDS Memorial and Artspace.com are pleased to offer a limited edition print by internationally renowned graphic artist Kobi Benezri.

The NYC AIDS Memorial recognizes those who lost their lives due to HIV/AIDS and the activists who helped change the trajectory of the epidemic.

The public dedication marks the culmination of over five years of planning and development to build the memorial, which involved significant private and public support.