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Reading Room

There is a Reading Room set up at Gallery Kayafas as part of my exhibition there called Family Pictures.  These are the texts I included: Going to Meet the Man (stories) by James Baldwin Without Sanctuary Lynching Photography in America by James Allen, essays by Hilton Als, John Lewis, Leon F. Litwack, and James Allen Lynching… (read more)

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Why hats are popular in Trafalgar Square

You know, I like animals as much as anybody, probably more.  But I cannot stand pigeons.  It has a lot to do with living through the first part of the AIDS epidemic.  There is this parasite that causes an infection called toxoplasmosis that killed a lot of PWAs in the 80’s and 90’s.  There is… (read more)

Posted in AIDS, Artists, Books, London, Museums by steve locke
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