Love & Fury: New York’s Fight Against AIDS
On view through September 6, 2026
Poster House
New York, New York
posterhouse.org
When AIDS hit New York, posters spoke where institutions stayed silent. In a city wired for visual competition—crowded streets, subway ads, nightclub flyers—posters became lifelines. They were how people found clinics, mourned the dead, demanded justice, and fought for the living.
This exhibition explores how graphic design shaped New York’s grassroots response to AIDS from 1979 to 2003. Public health campaigns, agitprop, benefit flyers, and club handbills offer more than messages—they map how communities built survival systems from below, often before the state would act.
Find out more: https://posterhouse.org/…/love-fury-new-yorks-fight…/
[Image: Paul David, A Gala Night for Singing, 1985. Courtesy Poster House, New York, New York.]
