Cruel + Tender — a Multimedia Exhibition “AIDS at Home” at Museum of the City of New York

The Museum of the City of New York’s exhibition “AIDS at Home: Art and Everyday Activism” examines how artists and activists have expanded the idea of caretaking and family and navigated the political stakes of domestic life in the face of the HIV/AIDS crisis, from the early 1980s to the present.

Luna Luis Ortiz, “Self-portrait (Reality Sets In)” (1996), image courtesy of Museum of the City of New York.

“From the most initial diagnoses, the HIV/AIDS epidemic has spurred New Yorkers to create new forms of social support, identify new legal battles, and explore the new artistic terrain,” says the exhibit promo site. The exhibition houses paintings, photography, and film alongside archival objects from activist groups and support programs are conceived to uncover the individual stories of HIV and AIDS and reconsider caretaking, community building, and making art as acts of resistance.

The exhibition open daily 10am — 6pm and will last until 22nd of Oct. in The Museum of the City of New York, 220 Fifth Ave at 103rd St.

Caption image provided — Hugh Steers, “Bath Curtain” (1992) (all images courtesy of Museum of the City of New York).Original publication is by Joseph Shaikewitz in the Hyperallergic magazine.