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Poster House exhibition explores graphic design in New York's AIDS activism

exhibition · 2026-03-14

Poster House in New York City is presenting an exhibition titled Love & Fury that examines how poster design served as a crucial communication tool in grassroots AIDS activism from 1979 to 2003. The show highlights the visual response from communities during a period when official responses to the epidemic were inadequate. It focuses on the role of graphic design in public health advocacy and social movements within contemporary art and design history.

Key facts

  • Exhibition titled Love & Fury at Poster House
  • Focuses on poster design in New York's AIDS activism from 1979-2003
  • Highlights community response versus official inaction during epidemic

Entities

Institutions

  • Poster House
  • Gay Men's Health Crisis
  • Act Up

Locations

  • New York City

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