Queer Pioneer Agosto Machado and His Creative Community

This group of photography and ephemera celebrates the life of queer pioneer Agosto Machado and his LGBTQ+ community.

Machado is a Chinese-Spanish-Filipino-American performance artist, activist, and archivist who has been a vital participant and witness to queer life in New York since the early sixties and the dawn of the gay liberation movement.

'Untitled (Marsha P. Johnson at Wigstock)'

Rick Shupper, c.1980s, C-print, 14 x 11 in, Courtesy and collection Agosto Machado

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'Portrait of Agosto Machado'

Boris Torres, 2022, Acrylic on paper, 24 x 18 in, Courtesy of the artist

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'Untitled (Agosto Machado)'

Jack Pierson, 2006, Inkjet on watercolor paper, 9.75 x 12 in, Courtesy and collection Agosto Machado

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‘Untitled (Agosto Machado)’

Peter Hujar, c. early 1980s, Gelatin silver print, 10 x 8 in, Courtesy and collection Agosto Machado

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'Agosto Machado' from the LEGENDS series

Lola Flash, 2019, Digital metal print, 14 x 11 in, Courtesy of the artist

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'Untitled (Mechanical paste-up)'

Ethyl Eichelberger, 1981, gelatin silver print by Peter Hujar, Pen, and tape on paper, 10.5 x 8.5 in, Collection and courtesy Agosto Machado

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Clifford Chance