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Artists, activism and AIDS

Posters by artists who turned their art into activism to support their communities and raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Divining the world through an artist’s almanac

Amanda Couch's artists book, 'Huwawa in the Everyday: an almanac' is inspired by the entrail like folds of a medieval folding and its function as a guide for astrological divinations linking the body, health and the heavens. Like the original almanac her work is designed to be carried out into the wider world.

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Tragic artists and their all-consuming passions

Does having a debilitating disease help or hinder creative genius?

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A reflection on art in a mental hospital

Artist Beth Hopkins explains how she used her experience of researching the Adamson Collection to create an embroidered wall hanging.

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Images

  • Members of the Society of Artists congregated round a table. Etching by R. Sawyer, 1829.
  • Artists and musicians active in the 17th century: twenty heads. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.
  • Artists painting in an exhibition of paintings at the British Institution. Process print after A.E. Chalon.
  • Two figures. Painting and embroidery by a Chinese artist or artists.
  • Two figures. Painting and embroidery by a Chinese artist or artists.
  • A Roman academy of artists. Etching after Pier-Francesco Alberti, 16--.
  • Wanshou, the astral god of longevity . Watercolour and embroidery by a Chinese artist or artists.
  • Wanshou, the astral god of longevity . Watercolour and embroidery by a Chinese artist or artists.
  • Two figures in elaborate costume design advertising the world premier of the musical, Copernicus at the Annenberg Center by the Artists Alliance for AIDS. Lithograph by Zave Smith, 1994.
  • Illustrated list of the portraits : with 138 illustrations and an index of artists.
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Events

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D/deaf and Disabled Artists on Making Work Now

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Listening Session with artists French & Mottershead

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Collective Collage Workshops

Henry’s
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