The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, often abbreviated to AIDS Memorial Quilt or AIDS Quilt, is a memorial to celebrate the lives of people who have died of AIDS-related causes. Weighing an estimated 54 tons, it is the largest piece of community folk art in the world as of 2020. It was conceived in 1985, during the early years of the AIDS pandemic, when social stigma prevented many AIDS victims from receiving funerals. It has been displayed on the Mall in Washington, D.C., several times. In 2020, it returned to San Francisco, where it is cared for by the National AIDS Memorial. It can be seen virtually.
John Seward Johnson II, also known as J. Seward Johnson Jr. and Seward Johnson, was an American artist known for trompe-l'œil painted bronze statues. He was a grandson of Robert Wood Johnson I, the co-founder of Johnson & Johnson, and of Colonel Thomas Melville Dill of Bermuda.
Cabazon Dinosaurs, formerly Claude Bell's Dinosaurs, is a roadside attraction in Cabazon, California, featuring two enormous, steel-and-concrete dinosaurs named Dinny the Dinosaur and Mr. Rex. Located just west of Palm Springs, the 150-foot-long (46 m) Brontosaurus and the 65-foot-tall (20 m) Tyrannosaurus rex are visible from the freeway to travelers passing by on Southern California's Interstate 10. The roadside dinosaurs are best known for their appearance in the film Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985).
The Palm Springs Art Museum is a visual and performing arts institution with several locations in the Coachella Valley, in Riverside County, California, United States, founded in 1938. PSAM has been focused on design and contemporary art since 2004. PSAM houses an art museum and an Architecture and Design Center in Palm Springs, California, along with the Faye Sarkowsky Sculpture Garden at a satellite location in Palm Desert.
Alison Saar is a Los Angeles, California based sculptor, mixed-media, and installation artist. Her artwork focuses on the African diaspora and black female identity and is influenced by African, Caribbean, and Latin American folk art and spirituality. Saar is well known for "transforming found objects to reflect themes of cultural and social identity, history, and religion." Saar credits her parents, collagist and assemblage artist Betye Saar and painter and art conservator Richard Saar, for her early exposure to are and to these metaphysical and spiritual practices. Saar followed in her parents footsteps along with her sisters, Lezley Saar and Tracye Saar-Cavanaugh who are also artists. Saar has been a practicing artist for many years, exhibiting in galleries around the world as well as installing public art works in New York City. She has received achievement awards from institutions including the New York City Art Commission as well as the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.
Jack Mackenroth is an American swimmer, model, and fashion designer who competed in the fourth season of American reality show Project Runway.
Our Lady J is a screenwriter, producer and director, best-known for her work on Pose, Transparent, and American Horror Story. She is the first out trans woman to perform at Carnegie Hall, as well as the first out trans writer to be hired in a television writers room.
Babies is a series of sculptures by Czech artist David Černý.
Glenstone is a private contemporary art museum in Potomac, Maryland, founded in 2006 by American billionaire Mitchell Rales and his wife, Emily Wei Rales. The museum's exhibitions are drawn from a collection of about 1,300 works from post-World War II artists around the world. It is the largest private contemporary art museum in the United States, holding more than $4.6 billion in net assets, and is noted for its setting in a broad natural landscape.
Hunters Palm Springs, also known as Hunters Video Bar or simply Hunters, is a gay bar and nightclub on Arenas Road in Palm Springs, California.
1501 Uptown Gastropub, or simply Uptown Gastropub, is a restaurant in Palm Springs, California.
Isabelle is a sculpture by German artist Julian Voss-Andreae, installed in Palm Springs, California. The stainless steel sculpture of a woman was unveiled in front of the Rowan Hotel on March 29, 2018. It is 90 inches tall and has a diameter of 9 feet, with internal LED lighting. The Los Angeles Times has described the artwork as a "marvel only visible from certain angles". According to Arizona Foothills Magazine, the sculpture has "surprising views from every angle".
The Five Hundred, formerly the Alan Ladd Building, is a building on South Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs, California. Hugh Kaptur and Lawrence Lapham were the designers.
A statue of musician and former Congressman Sonny Bono, sometimes called the Sonny Bono Memorial Fountain, is installed at Plaza Mercado, in Palm Springs, California. It was made by sculptor Emmanuel Snitkovsky.
A statue of Lucille Ball is installed in Palm Springs, California. Emmanuil and Janet Snitkovsky created the artwork in 1995.
Agua Caliente Women is a sculpture by Nez Perce artist Doug Hyde, installed in Palm Springs, California.
The Warrior is a sculpture by Marino Marini.
Artificial Rock #131 is a 2012 metal sculpture by Zhan Wang, permanently installed outside the Palm Springs Art Museum, in Palm Springs, California. The stainless steel sculpture is based on "scholar's rocks" in traditional Chinese gardening. Palm Springs Life said the work "is as eye-catching as it is monumental".
Thomas Morbitzer is an American architect and designer based in New York City. He is the co-founder of AMMOR Architecture. He is a founding board member of the Williamsburg Biannual, an artist space in Brooklyn, New York and serves as its Secretary and Treasurer.
