How AIDS Activists Turned Graphic Design Into a Weapon

In the 1980s, a band of fed-up young men wheat-pasted New York with graphically stark flyers, posters, and stickers, demanding action.

Related

Other articles with overlapping topics.

Hyperallergic

Meet with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago at Admissions Events Across the US and Online

Learn more about the graduate degrees offered at SAIC and get all of your questions answered.

School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)·Aug 24, 2026

Hyperallergic

Amid Trump’s Threats, a Potential Home for Smithsonian Latino Museum

The Smithsonian board will reportedly vote on housing the fledgling institution in the recently reopened Arts & Industries Building — a move that would allow it to bypass Congressional approval.

Rhea Nayyar·Aug 24, 2026

Hyperallergic

Detroit Institute of Art Unveils Neighhh-borly Display of Love

The Lisa Frank-hued tribute was commissioned for the exterior of a barn in Hess-Hathaway Park as part of the institute’s longstanding public art program.

Phillip Pyle·Aug 24, 2026

Hyperallergic

Maria Martins Was More Than Just Duchamp’s Lover

A new book by leading Duchamp scholar Francis M. Naumann chronicles the artist’s affair with the Brazilian sculptor, but frequently reduces her influence and career to sexual allure.

Lauren Moya Ford·Aug 24, 2026

H

Hyperallergic

Photo Books for Summer’s End

Ten tomes on photography to tide you over this month. Also, a new book begs the question: Why won’t Britain return looted gold to Ghana?

Lakshmi Rivera Amin·Aug 24, 2026

Hyperallergic

Sliman Mansour, Painter of Palestinian Hope and Humanity, Dies at 79

"Our fight now is to tell the world that we are full human beings," Mansour told Hyperallergic in 2023. "We are not less than any other people in the world.”

Anna Lee·Aug 24, 2026