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Twenty years ago today, the New Museum was draped in black in recognition of Day Without Art—the national day of action and mourning in response to the AIDS crisis. The LED sign from “Let The Record Show…” was installed in the Museum’s Broadway window and programmed with current statistical information on the AIDS crisis by Gran Fury and ACT UP. Please join us today as we recognize Day With(out) Art with a special screening of Jim Hubbard’s United in Anger: A History of ACT UP.

PETITE MORT
RECOLLECTIONS OF A QUEER PUBLIC

Discussion and Q&A with

• Billy Miller, contributing artist
• Carlos Motta, co-editor

February 28; 6-8 pm   
Leslie-Lohman Museum
26 Wooster St., NYC 

The book Petite Mort: Recollections of a Queer Public assembles drawings from memory of spaces in New York City where a public sexual encounter occurred. A project created in collaboration between Carlos Motta and Joshua Lubin-Levy, it features drawing contributions from an inter-generational group of over 60 gay men and texts by 15 authors. Petite Mort reminds us that public sex is not exclusively about a personal pursuit of pleasure-they also contain the seeds of historical, social, and political action.

United in Anger World Premiere at MoMA: February 16th

United in Anger: A History of ACT UP is an inspiring documentary about the birth and life of the AIDS activist movement from the perspective of the people in the trenches fighting the epidemic. Utilizing oral histories of members of ACT UP, as well as rare archival footage, the film depicts the efforts of ACT UP as it battles corporate greed, social indifference, and government neglect.

Documentary Fortnight 2012
MoMA’s International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media

Thursday, February 16, 2012
8:00 PM

The Titus One Theater
11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY

Tickets go on sale February 9.

$12 adults. $10 seniors. $8 students. Free for MoMA members.

• View the United In Anger trailer here

Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art
New York, NY 10013-2227

Thursday, February 16, 2012
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (ET)

To purchase tickets, please visit: lightuptheirnight.eventbrite.com

Trinity Place Shelter invites you to a cocktail party featuring a silent auction, as well as a special appearance by artist Rolf Koppel and his spouse, collaborator and model, Will Johnson. Join us as we celebrate the photography of Rolf Koppel on exhibit, and enjoy an evening of hope and commitment to benefit the lives of homeless LGBTQ youth and young adults in our community.

All proceeds go toward Trinity Place Shelter’s Building With Pride capital campaign.

Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art and GMHC Host Exhibition Featuring Artists Living with HIV/AIDS

Starting on November 29, the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art will generously donate its gallery, for a third year, to host, “Art & AIDS: 30 Years,” an exhibition featuring 50 artists living with HIV/AIDS. Over 150 works of art, utilizing diverse media, will be on display through December 3. The exhibition will mark the 30th year of the HIV/AIDS epidemic by including a memorial wall of artists who have died of AIDS.

The Leslie-Lohman Gay Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art has just been granted museum status through the State of New York Board of Regents. For more than 20 years as a non-profit organization, it has provided an outlet for art work that is unambiguously gay and which is frequently denied access to mainstream venues. Founded by Charles W. Leslie and Fritz Lohman, the Museum will continue to mount exhibitions of work in all media by gay and lesbian artists with an emphasis on subject matter that speaks directly to gay and lesbian sensibilities — including, erotic, political, romantic, and social imagery—and providing special support for emerging and underrepresented artists.

Opening Reception

Tuesday, November 29 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art 26 Wooster Street (at Grand Street) New York City