The A.R.T. Show
The A.R.T. Show was a traveling exhibition exploring the relationship between art and antiretroviral treatment for HIV and AIDS. Bringing together visual and performing artists from South Africa, the United States, and elsewhere, the exhibition examined urgent questions of…
The A.R.T. Show was a traveling exhibition exploring the relationship between art and antiretroviral treatment for HIV and AIDS. Bringing together visual and performing artists from South Africa, the United States, and elsewhere, the exhibition examined urgent questions of access, survival, inequality, pharmaceutical power, and the lived experience of treatment. Presented through artworks and a portable “cabinet of curiosities,” the exhibition encouraged direct public conversation about HIV, AIDS, and antiretroviral therapy (A.R.T.) in museums, galleries, schools, malls, and community spaces. Curated by Carol Brown and David Gere, the exhibition was sponsored by the UCLA Art & Global Health Center with major support from the Andy Warhol Foundation. The A.R.T. Show traveled to the Tatham Art Gallery in Pietermaritzburg, KZNSA Gallery in Durban, and Museum Africa in Johannesburg. Selections from the exhibition also appeared on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., as part of the 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
