Announcements

Absence/Presence: 30 Years of Day Without Art

Commemorating Visual AIDS’ three-decades-strong initiative to mobilize art institutions toward political acts of resistance → Read More

Research Fellowship: Call for Applications

Visual AIDS announces the fifth year of our research fellowship program, which supports original writing and scholarship about artists who have been lost to AIDS. Deadline: November 10, 2026. → Read More

Announcing the Black Artists in the Visual AIDS Archive Research Guide

We are excited to announce the publication of a new research guide containing artwork and biographies for 28 Black artists in the Visual AIDS Archive. → Read More

Postcards from the Edge 2027

Postcards from the Edge 2027 call for artwork is now LIVE! → Read More

Visual AIDS is hiring a Development Director

Visual AIDS seeks a Development Director to lead all aspects of fundraising and development, including institutional and individual giving, benefit events, and board engagement. → Read More

Announcing 'seeds in a dying colony' for Day With(out) Art 2026

A program of four newly commissioned videos that move through the afterlives of colonialism and the ongoing HIV epidemic. → Read More

Nancer LeMoins (1956–2025)

Visual AIDS mourns the loss of Nancer LeMoins (1956–2025), a beloved Artist Member and long term collaborator. → Read More

Introducing our 2025-2026 Research Fellows

Visual AIDS is excited to announce Alex Lenczycki, Chava Maeve Krivchenia, Claudia Mattos, Diogene Artiles, and Helena Shaskevich as our 2025 Research Fellows. → Read More

Visual AIDS Launches Archival Collecting Initiative

Announcing a new phase in our archival programs — and the acquisition of five new collections. → Read More

Call for Artwork: Postcards from the Edge

Submit artwork by Nov. 22 to support Visual AIDS! → Read More