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Avram Finkelstein

American artist, writer and activist

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American artist, writer and activist

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name	Avram Finkelstein
image	A pink triangle against a black backdrop with the words 'Silence=Death' representing an advertisement for The Silence = Death Project used by permission by ACT-UP, The AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power. Wellcome L0052822.jpg
caption	Poster of the Silence=Death Project
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organization	Gran Fury
known_for	Gay rights activism
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Artist
Writer Avram Finkelstein is an American artist, writer, gay rights activist and member of the AIDS art collective Gran Fury.

Finkelstein describes himself as a "red diaper baby", raised by leftist parents who encouraged him to develop an interest in radical politics.{{Cite web | author-link = | author-link =

In 2018, Finkelstein created "YOU CARE ABOUT HIV CRIMINALIZATION (YOU JUST DON’T KNOW IT YET)", a broadside and site-specific project for Visual AIDS and the 2018 New York City Pride March.

Finkelstein has covered art and culture for Artwrit, Italian Vogue, Dazed and Confused, Visionaire, Pride, Genre, Van and Dune. With Gran Fury, he collaborated on public awareness campaigns and public art projects for publications, museums and foundations including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Venice Biennale, ArtForum, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, Creative Time and the Public Art Fund. Finkelstein has been interviewed about art, activism and communication in the public sphere by publications including The New York Times, Interview, and The Forward and has spoken at Harvard, Exit Art, Fordham, Rhode Island School of Design, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, the School of Visual Arts and City University of New York.

Finkelstein's archive can be found at the Fales Library and Special Collections at New York University.

References

link. (January 15, 2020
- Emmerman, James. "[http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2016/07/13/silence_death_artist_avram_finkelstein_on_history_of_queer_art_and_activism.html After Orlando, the Iconic Silence = Death Image Is Back. Meet One of the Artists Who Created It.]", ''Slate'', July 13, 2016.)
Goldstein, Richard. (March 25, 1997). "How AIDS Activists Tapped the Power of Art".
(June 28, 2018). "You Care About HIV Criminalization (You Just Don't Know It Yet)". A&U.
Giles, Patrick. "AIDS - 20 Years and Counting", ''Interview'', July 2001.
(February 13, 2018). "How Avram Finkelstein's Pink Triangle Changed The Way We Think About AIDS". The Forward.
[http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/fales/finkelstein/ Guide to the Avram Finkelstein Papers], Fales Library and Special Collections

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