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Elizabeth Taylor: Act Up
By David LaChapelle
Located in New York, NY
This photograph is in an edition of 7. Signed by the photographer.
Category
Early 2000s Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Untitled (For Act Up), graphic, contemporary, political
By David Wojnarowicz
Located in New York, NY
Two signed and dated colored screen-prints on woven paper political analogy with a motif of the United States as a target. The overlayed text rails against the lack of response to th...
Category
1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Pigment
Keith Haring Ignorance = Fear, 1989 (Keith Haring Act Up poster)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
-based AIDS activist group AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), Keith Haring designed and executed
Category
1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
"Your Silence Will Not Protect You" Audre Lorde Neon Sculpture - Edition 8 of 10
Located in New York, NY
Prize Winner, and QAM Mentor & Trustee. Inspired by their history with ACT UP and AIDS activism with
Category
2010s Sculptures
Materials
Metal
H 19.5 in W 36 in D 5.25 in
Balancing Act, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
throughout, which unify the random patterning. A result is a balancing act of linear patterns, textures, and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Bareback Act, Old Hippodrome
By Gifford Beal
Located in Missouri, MO
Bareback Act, Old Hippodrome
By Gifford Beal (1879-1956)
Signed Lower Right
Unframed: 6.5" x 9.5
Category
20th Century American Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Bareback Act, Old Hippodrome
By Gifford Beal
Located in Missouri, MO
Gifford Beal (1879-1956)
"Bareback Act, Old Hippodome" 1950
Lithograph
Signed Lower Right
With
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Men In the Cities - Gretchen (Hand Signed By Robert Longo)
By Robert Longo
Located in New York, NY
International and Act-Up
This offset lithograph is based upon Longo's 1982 untitled work featuring one of his
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
H 43.5 in W 23.5 in D 0.5 in
Balancing Act, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Irit Epstein
Located in Yardley, PA
From the series 'Rising Beyond the Body'. An attempt to cope with processes of adaptation in a changing world, which does not enable direction or an answer. The motivating force in t...
Category
2010s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Le Grand Act De La Seduction
Located in Dallas, TX
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Le Grand Act De La Seduction
Ballpoint Pens, Crayons And Colored Pencil On
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Crayon, Cardboard, Ballpoint Pen, Color Pencil
Angel and Skeleton (the rescuing Angel appears to be female)
By Donna Evans
Located in New Orleans, LA
AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power (ACT UP) to fight the AIDS pandemic. Low-tech and low budget, the
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
"Tired Act" Text Based Conceptual Fiber Artwork
By David Kramer
Located in New York, NY
working my tired act." "Tired Act" is presented stretched and signed on the reverse by the artist.
A
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Keith Haring Gay/Lesbian Pride Day New York, 1986 (vintage Haring announcement)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Haring prints. Keith Haring Act Up. Keith Haring Gay & Lesbian. Keith Haring bathroom. Keith Haring The
Category
1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Figure, colorful, torso, figural
Located in New York, NY
was diagnosed with the disease and played an integral role in the ACT UP movement. Ostracized by his
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
I Ching, figurative, perspective, book
Located in New York, NY
role in the ACT UP movement. Ostracized by his sexuality and state of health, Frangella embraced the
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sit-Up
By Luke Smalley
Located in New York, NY
revisits themes of adolescent growing pains acted out under the guise of earnest athleticism. Teenagers
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
C Print
Figures (Head and Torso), figural, painterly, colorful
Located in New York, NY
Frangella was diagnosed with the disease and played an integral role in the ACT UP movement. Ostracized by
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
(Life is a) Juggling act - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women, 21st Century
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
(Life is a) Juggling act (Bombay all Day) - 2019
20x20cm,
Edition of 7 plus 2 Artist Proofs
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 7.88 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
Act I, Scene I From Romeo and Juliet-Original Lithograph-1975
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Act I, Scene I - From “Romeo and Juliet” is an artwork realized in 1975.
Mixed colored lithograph
Category
1970s Surrealist More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pauline Vallayer Moutet (Act. 19th/20thC) 1898 Haystack French Impressionist O/p
By Pauline Vallayer-Moutet
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Pauline Vallayer - Moutet
(French, Act. 19th/20thC)
Meule de foin
(Haystack )
• Oil on panel ca
Category
1890s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 20.48 in W 24.02 in D 1.97 in
"Josephine is a Hard Act to Follow", David Deming, Stainless Steel Sculpture,
By David L. Deming
Located in Dallas, TX
of memorable pets in rather human-like scenarios. In "Josephine is a Hard Act to Follow" the weenie
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Silence = Death
By Keith Haring
Located in Hollywood, FL
bearing the same name. This poster would later become the defining symbol for ACT UP, an organization
Category
1980s Street Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Color, Screen
Let the Record Show
Located in New York, NY
Offset poster
Text at bottom reads: “©1987 THE SILENCE = DEATH PROJECT. Used by permission by ACT
Category
1980s Other Art Style More Prints
Materials
Offset
Giving Up Is Not An Option 2
By Alogi John
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
life, while the act of searching for the missing piece embodies the relentless pursuit of solutions and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled
By Rex Ray
Located in New York, NY
Act Up; many guerilla marketing flyers and posters for queer nightclubs; and numerous book covers for
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
The Wind Whipped Up and They Welcomed Its Offering
By Diana Tremaine
Located in Burlingame, CA
external, natural and man-made - that act around and within each of us every day. Life is a balancing act
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Up - Original Colorful Mixed Media Abstract Vibrant Spontaneous Art
By Jonas Fisch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
canvas, the brush, and the paint allow me to act out, throw up, confront, and examine those innermost
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Board
From the Bottom Up - Contemporary Landscape/Abstract Painting, cut out, blue
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
more abstracted and chaotic foreground consisting of arrows and cut Sintra board to act simultaneously
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, PVC
Tangled Up In Blue, Original Impressionist Landscape Pastel Painting on Board
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
act as a vehicle to take the viewer's eyes through the landscape and towards the serene sky of blues
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Board
H 8 in W 10 in D 0.125 in
Tied Up- Digital Illustration of Female Portrait Brown+Black+Pink (1/20)
Located in Gilroy, CA
identity on the piece. Her works while relate to all women they act as a vessel for her exploration into
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Digital
Untitled (7) Figural Expressionist Nude Charcoal Drawing
By Steven Harvey
Located in Surfside, FL
Auction, Germans Van Eck Gallery 1992
Night, Trenkmann Gallery 1991
ACT UP Benefit Auction, Paula Cooper
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Sweet Violet... Spring face of female looking up in flowers hand coloured print
Located in London, GB
works act as tales contained in a fictional sculpture hall, in direct reaction to Andre Malraux’s 1947
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Glass, Oak, Paint, Watercolor
H 8.55 in W 6.58 in D 0.79 in
Men in the Cities: Robert Longo (Gretchen) Poster (Signed) /// American Psycho
By Robert Longo
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
: Unknown, New York? NY
Publisher: ACT UP, New York, NY and Amnesty International, London, UK
Sheet size
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset, Permanent Marker
Deanna, Make-Up Artist - Portrait of a Woman w/Curly Hair & Huge Hoop Earrings
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
painted on oversized pieces of scavenged plywood. I found the act of painting both hypnotic and meditative
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Original "Are You 100% American, Prove It! Third Liberty Loan vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
challenging them to support the war effort and purchase government bonds.
The Third Liberty Loan Act was
Category
1910s American Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 29.75 in W 20.25 in D 0.05 in
One Fine Morning, contemporary small, framed watercolour landscape painting
Located in BUNGENDORE, AU
symbolic characteristics of these places. Between the act of representation and of familiarising oneself
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Board
What has been, large, framed lake landscape painting by Stefan Gevers
Located in BUNGENDORE, AU
the personality of the landscapes and the symbolic characteristics of these places. Between the act of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
H 40.95 in W 40.56 in
Blue River, large, framed contemporary landscape painting by Stefan Gevers
Located in BUNGENDORE, AU
symbolic characteristics of these places. Between the act of representation and of familiarising oneself
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Island - Gifts
By Jane Booth
Located in Westport, CT
, and sky, act as a foundation for her work. She paints from the inside out, from her meditation of life
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Watercolor
Island - Morning
By Jane Booth
Located in Westport, CT
, and sky, act as a foundation for her work. She paints from the inside out, from her meditation of life
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Before Gardens and After Gardens
By Jane Booth
Located in Westport, CT
, and sky, act as a foundation for her work. She paints from the inside out, from her meditation of life
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pink Fields, contemporary small, framed landscape painting by Stefan Gevers
Located in BUNGENDORE, AU
the landscapes and the symbolic characteristics of these places. Between the act of representation and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Board
Palimpsest-Pollen
By Jane Booth
Located in Westport, CT
the broad, open vistas of land, water, and sky, act as a foundation for her work. She paints from the
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pencil
Mindscreen 12 - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
artist herself seems only to act inasmuch as she gives the decisive impulse. The people who are
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 49.61 in W 49.61 in D 0.04 in
Player
By Paula Cahill
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, inviting the viewer to a participatory and contemplative experience through the act of visual tracking
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Cave 02 - Planet of the Apes 11 - 21st Century, Polaroid, Abstract
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
shot in the South West of the USA seem surreally enraptured, and the artist herself seems only to act
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
H 38.59 in W 38.19 in D 0.04 in
Boundless - Original Large Organic Spiral Redwood Sculpture
By Joe Garnero
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, which he finds along the northern California coast. The distinct curving shapes of these roots act as a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
H 30 in W 28 in D 23 in
Mindscreen 02 - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Abstract
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
enraptured, and the artist herself seems only to act inasmuch as she gives the decisive impulse. The people
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
H 7.88 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
Chronos 2
By Jane Booth
Located in San Diego, CA
, and sky, act as a foundation for her work. Booth paints from the inside out, from her meditation of
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Chronos 5
By Jane Booth
Located in San Diego, CA
, and sky, act as a foundation for her work. Booth paints from the inside out, from her meditation of
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Birds 019- Contemporary, Abstract, Expressionist, Modern, Street art, Surrealist
By Francisco Nicolás
Located in London, London
ones that adapted more to the whirlwind of color and forms, which sometimes act as background and
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
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H 17.72 in W 12.21 in D 0.79 in
'Constructivist Abstract', by unknown, Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
appears to be a representation of a skull. The two largest/longest curved black shapes act as the eye
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Acrobatic Dancers ' Pencil , pen and ink on paper, circa 1950's.
Located in Frome, Somerset
essence of the moving body amdist a performance act . The pure expression in human movement relating to
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
H 19.3 in W 22.84 in D 1.58 in
Greens in the Greys Painting by Richard Ballinger, 2023
By Richard Ballinger
Located in Kingsclere, GB
perfect metaphor for the explorative act of painting itself."
Virginia Button, Newlyn Art Gallery
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Green Vase II, Oil on Canvas Painting by Richard Ballinger, 2023
By Richard Ballinger
Located in Kingsclere, GB
for the explorative act of painting itself."
Virginia Button, Newlyn Art Gallery
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas
H 23.625 in W 23.625 in
Green Vase I, Oil on Canvas Painting by Richard Ballinger, 2023
By Richard Ballinger
Located in Kingsclere, GB
for the explorative act of painting itself."
Virginia Button, Newlyn Art Gallery
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas
H 23.625 in W 23.625 in
The Dugout, Post Cover
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Rockwell. For a detailed description of how Boston fans acted out a baseball game long before the warm-up
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Oil
The Cave 02 - Planet of the Apes 11 - 21st Century, Polaroid, Abstract
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
enraptured, and the artist herself seems only to act inasmuch as she gives the decisive impulse. The people
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Archival Paper
H 7.88 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
The Girl - Planet of the Apes 09 - 21st Century, Polaroid, Abstract
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
enraptured, and the artist herself seems only to act inasmuch as she gives the decisive impulse. The people
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 18.9 in W 18.51 in D 0.04 in
The Cave 01 - Planet of the Apes 10 - 21st Century, Polaroid, Abstract
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
enraptured, and the artist herself seems only to act inasmuch as she gives the decisive impulse. The people
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 18.9 in W 18.51 in D 0.04 in
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