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"Art is for everyone, and is often used as a means of equalising emotional experiences.

Sharing high and low times in art form is a tool utilised by people throughout the world in all ages of our existence.

Visual art has the ability to connect with the emotional core of humanity because it is an accessible form of storytelling.

From the beginning of time depictions of human beings in the throes of birth, life, and death have graced the caves, walls, and streets of our communities."

Artists featured in this Curation: Derek Jarman (1942–1994), Michael Clark (b.1954), Romany Mark Bruce (b.1960), Morris Singer Art Foundry Ltd, DAMSET, Andrew Armstrong (d.2020), Ben Trill, Luke Jerram (b.1974), Bryan Organ (b.1935), Zanele Muholi (b.1972), and 25 more See all

40 artworks

Storyline Album Showcase

Ataxia - Aids is Fun 1993
Derek Jarman (1942–1994)
Oil on canvas
H 251.5 x W 179 cm
Tate

© the estate of Derek Jarman. Image credit: Tate
Derek Jarman ('Seer') 1993
Michael Clark (b.1954)
Oil on card
H 45.1 x W 33.3 cm
National Portrait Gallery, London

© Michael Clark / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London
Tay (AIDS Memorial) 2007–2009
Romany Mark Bruce (b.1960) and Morris Singer Art Foundry Ltd (founded 1927)
Bronze
H 335 cm

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Lawrence Suss / Art UK
A Life Lost to Aids in Dorset 2009/2010
DAMSET and Andrew Armstrong (d.2020) and Ben Trill
Ceramic

© the copyright holders. Image credit: Colin Sansom / Art UK
HIV.2004 2004
Luke Jerram (b.1974)
Glass
H 7.6 cm
Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

© Luke Jerram. Image credit: Luke Jerram
Queer 1992
Derek Jarman (1942–1994)
Oil on canvas
H 251.5 x W 179 cm
Manchester Art Gallery

© the estate of Derek Jarman. Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery
Diana, Princess of Wales 1981
Bryan Organ (b.1935)
Acrylic on canvas
H 177.8 x W 127 cm
National Portrait Gallery, London

© National Portrait Gallery, London. Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London
Aftermath 2004
Zanele Muholi (b.1972)
Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
H 59.9 x W 39.2 cm
Tate

© the artist. Image credit: Tate
ID Crisis 2003
Zanele Muholi (b.1972)
Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
H 35.3 x W 48 cm
Tate

© the artist. Image credit: Tate
Robert Mapplethorpe 1983
Andy Warhol (1928–1987)
Acrylic & silkscreen ink on canvas
National Galleries of Scotland

© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London 2025. Image credit: National Galleries of Scotland
A candle in the dark is better than nothing at all 1988
David Robilliard (1952–1988)
Acrylic on canvas
H 182.5 x W 182.5 cm
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre

© the estate of David Robilliard. All rights reserved. DACS 2025. Image credit: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London
From 'The Lovers' Series, Kampala Period, 1960s–1980s' c.1967
Jak Katarikawe (1940–2018)
Wax crayon on paper
H 82 x W 51 cm
Argyll and Bute Council

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Argyll and Bute Council
London Pride (Leisure) 1950
Frank Dobson (1886–1963) and David Kindersley (1915–1995) and Morris Singer Art Foundry Ltd (founded 1927)
Bronze & slate
H 202 x W 142 x D 140 cm

© the copyright holders. Image credit: Vincenzo Albano / Art UK
William John Christopher Vassall 1966
Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton (1904–1980)
Oil on canvas
H 55.7 x W 35.2 cm
National Portrait Gallery, London

© National Portrait Gallery, London. Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London
Memorial to a Marriage 2004
Patricia Cronin (b.1963)
Bronze
H 134 x W 67 x D 43 cm
Glasgow Life Museums

© Patricia Cronin Studio, LLC. Image credit: Glasgow Life Museums
Flesh II 2005
Zanele Muholi (b.1972)
Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
H 60 x W 44.6 cm
Tate

© the artist. Image credit: Tate
Bra 2003
Zanele Muholi (b.1972)
Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
H 27.5 x W 27.3 cm
Tate

© the artist. Image credit: Tate
Contemplation, Anne Lister (1791–1840) 2020–2021
Diane Lawrenson (b.1946)
Bronze

© the artist. Image credit: Mary P Crowther / Art Uk
Love Spoon for Lesbians and Homosexuals 1981
Mabel Pakenham-Walsh (1937–2013)
Wood, wood stain & gold leaf
H 87 x W 29.8 x D 3.2 cm
Amgueddfa Ceredigion Museum

© estate of Mabel Pakenham-Walsh. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Amgueddfa Ceredigion Museum
Ordeal 2003
Zanele Muholi (b.1972)
Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
H 63.2 x W 69.5 cm
Tate

© the artist. Image credit: Tate
In-security 2003
Zanele Muholi (b.1972)
Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
H 48.2 x W 33.2 cm
Tate

© the artist. Image credit: Tate
Dame Adeline Genée (1878–1970), Première Danseuse, in the 1906 ballet 'The Debutante' 1907
Margot Elena Gertrude Taylor (1887–1963)
Bronze & marble
H 19 x W 11 x D 12 cm
University of Bristol Theatre Collection

© the copyright holder. Image credit: University of Bristol Theatre Collection
Kiss Wall 1991–1992
Bruce Williams (b.1962)
Aluminium magnesium alloy & enamel paint
H 420 x W 155 x D 2 cm

© the artist. Image credit: Lawrence Suss / Art UK
Portrait of Henry Thomas, a Jamaican Man c.1935
Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937)
Oil on canvas
H 44.4 x W 36.8 cm
Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

Image credit: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
Ladyday 1945–1995
Peter Donnelly (b.1935)
Acrylic on canvas over a frame
H 232 x W 66 cm
King's College London

© the artist. Image credit: King's College London
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
Roger John Chattaway (1947–2002)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 49 cm
Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery
Two Men on a Tram 1989
Ian Alan Rowe (b.1963)
Oil on canvas
H 66 x W 94 cm
Epping Forest District Museum

© the artist. Image credit: Epping Forest District Museum
Portrait of a Man 1929
Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937)
Oil on panel
H 38.7 x W 31.1 cm
Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum

Image credit: Bridgeman Images
Are You Different? c.1985–1986
Andy Warhol (1928–1987)
Acrylic & silkscreen ink on canvas
National Galleries of Scotland

© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London 2025. Image credit: National Galleries of Scotland
Gilbert and George 2000
Francis Poole (b.1978)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 61 cm
Central Saint Martins Museum & Study Collection

© the artist. Image credit: Central Saint Martins Museum & Study Collection
Gilbert, George (381-1, 381-2) 1975
Gerhard Richter (b.1932)
Oil on canvas
H 68.4 x W 63.1 cm
National Galleries of Scotland

© Gerhard Richter. Image credit: National Galleries of Scotland
Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene 1864
Simeon Solomon (1840–1905)
Watercolour on paper
H 33 x W 38.1 cm
Tate

Image credit: Tate
John Kobal 1986
Andy Warhol (1928–1987)
Silkscreen ink on synthetic polymer paint on canvas
H 101.8 x W 101.8 cm
National Portrait Gallery, London

© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London 2025. Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London
Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) c.1912
Vanessa Bell (1879–1961)
Oil on panel
H 55 x W 45 cm
National Trust, Monk's House

© estate of Vanessa Bell. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: National Trust Images
Gluck 1942
Gluck (1895–1978)
Oil on canvas
H 30.6 x W 25.4 cm
National Portrait Gallery, London

© National Portrait Gallery, London. Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London
Stone (Butch) 2021
Ro Robertson (b.1984)
Corten steel, jesmonite & paint
H 220 x W 130 x D 156 cm
City of London Corporation

© the artist. Image credit: Nick Turpin, courtesy of Sculpture in the City
Lucy Mono Black 2004
Emma Kingston (b.1983)
Oil & ink on paper
H 38 x W 28 cm
Southampton Solent University

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Southampton Solent University
Lucy Mono 1 2004
Emma Kingston (b.1983)
Oil & ink on paper
H 135 x W 100 cm
Southampton Solent University

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Southampton Solent University
31.VIII.97 2006
Iain Redford McIntosh (1945–2021) and Willie Rodger (1930–2018)
Elm
H 44.2 x W 19.8 x D 9.7 cm
East Dunbartonshire Council

© the copyright holders. Image credit: East Dunbartonshire Council