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“Day Without Art” (World AIDS Day)

In what organizers called ”the largest event that’s ever happened to focus on the AIDS crisis,” some 600 museums, galleries and other arts institutions across the United States observed ”A Day Without Art” yesterday.

The loosely coordinated events -including gallery closings, the temporary removal of artworks from gallery walls, memorial services, performances and educational programs about AIDS - were organized by a group of arts professionals called Visual AIDS. The nationwide observance, which was held on the World Health Organization’s second AIDS Awareness Day and is to be an annual event, was called ”to make people pay attention to the effects of AIDS on the art world and our society,” said Thomas W. Sokolowski, a member of Visual AIDS.

In one of the day’s few overtly political actions, nearly 80 people were arrested in Washington for blocking traffic during a demonstration in front of the White House. Those arrested were released on bail, and face fines of up to $250, 90 days in prison or both. Earlier, about 200 demonstrators gathered in Lafayette Park to hear speeches criticizing President Bush for what they called the Government’s low level of support for AIDS research and services.”

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