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

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

Call for Research Proposals

Visual AIDS announces the fourth year of our research fellowship program, which supports original writing and scholarship about artists who have been lost to AIDS. Deadline: October 5, 2025 → Read More