🧵 1/4 Our Artistic Director, Ash Kotak, has been working w. the HIV and HIV-affected communities since 2016, bringing together groups + individuals from the 4 most affected communities and sub-communities inc. the trans community, sex workers, BAME LGBTQ, women and young people.

Paul Flynn in the Evening Standard: 'If you think London doesn't need an AIDS Memorial you're wrong and this is why.'
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✍️ Paul Flynn: HIV/AIDS changed the fabric of London, for better and for worse. The monument is a first permanent stake in the city we helped define as a leader on the world equality map

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The fifth #art ist shortlisted to create The AIDS Memorial is Diana Puntar ⬇️

📷 Photo of Diana Puntar by Anne-Katrin Purkiss.

#London #HIV #art #sculpture
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston UMD_ART Gerald Moore Gallery

Our fourth shortlisted artist to create The AIDS Memorial is Shahpour Pouyan ⬇️

📷 Shahpour Pouyan by Lucy Rose Shaftain-Fenne
@MetMuseum V&A British Museum
#London #Art

Who will build the London AIDS Memorial?
Our third shortlisted artist is Harold Offeh ⬇️

📷 Photo of Harold Offeh by Emile Holba.
Royal College of Art Paul Hamlyn Foundation
#London #Art

Who will create The AIDS Memorial?
Our second shortlisted artist is Ryan Gander OBE RA ⬇️

📷 Ryan Gander by Benjamin McMahon, courtesy Royal Academy and the artist.
Manchester Metropolitan Uni @Rijksakademie University of Huddersfield @UniOfSuffolk
#London #art

The monument will be located near the former site of Middlesex Hospital, where Diana, Princess of Wales, opened the United Kingdom’s first dedicated AIDS ward in the mid-1980s. bit.ly/43k65gb

Who will create The AIDS Memorial?
Our second shortlisted artist is Ryan Gander OBE RA ⬇️

📷 Ryan Gander by Benjamin McMahon, courtesy Royal Academy and the artist.
Manchester Metropolitan Uni @Rijksakademie University of Huddersfield @UniOfSuffolk
#London #art

Who will create The AIDS Memorial in London?
Over the next five days, we'll be profiling our five shortlisted artists.
Our first profile is of Anya Gallaccio ⬇️

📷 Photo of Anya Gallaccio by Alex O'Brien.

Who will create The AIDS Memorial in London?
Over the next five days, we'll be profiling our five shortlisted artists.
Our first profile is of Anya Gallaccio ⬇️

📷 Photo of Anya Gallaccio by Alex O'Brien.

📢 We're excited to share the five renowned #art ists shortlisted to create The AIDS Memorial in London:
🔴 Anya Gallaccio
🔴 Ryan Gander
🔴 Harold Offeh
🔴 Shahpour Pouyan
🔴 Diana Puntar
Follow AIDS Memory UK for updates.
#news #today #art