Era: 1987—AIDS CRISIS

1987: Iolo Carew dies of AIDS

Iolo Carew, 1980. Silver Gelatin Print, 11x14 in.

October 2 1987: The New York Times reviews “The Four Elements” show

Michael Brensen review, "the Four Elements," Gracie Mansion Gallery, NYTimes, October 26, 1987

1987: Das Reingold: New York Schism

Das Reingold: New York Schism 1987

1987 films Around Clown with Steven Doughton

1987 January 2: Peter Hujar Tests HIV+

Stencil on Peter Hujar's January 8, 1987 AIDS diagnosis letter from The David Wojnarowicz Papers in the Downtown Collection of Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University

January 10 1987: Opens Mexican Diaries Show

Tommy’s Illness/Mexico City, 1987.

1987: First AIDS Treatment, AZT, Introduced

First HIV/AIDS antiretroviral drug, AZT

March 24 1987: ACT UP Demonstrates on Wall Street

New York Times article on first ACT UP demonstration, March 24, 1987

April 1987: Travels to the Caribbean with Tom

David Wojnarowicz in St John US Virgin Islands

1987 April: First HIV Blood Test developed

1987 blood test