Patrick O'Connell, 67, Dies; Raised Awareness of AIDS With Art
Patrick OâConnell, 67, Dies; Raised Awareness of AIDS With Art As the founding director of Visual AIDS, he helped develop campaigns including âDay Without Artâ and, most notably, the ubiquitous red ribbon. Patrick OâConnell, the founding director of Visual AIDS, in his apartment in New York in 1994, wearing the red ribbon that became an international symbol of AIDS advocacy.Credit...Thomas McGovern/Getty Images May 3, 2021, 3:52 p.m. ET Patrick OâConnell, who as the founding director of Visual AIDS, an advocacy group that supports artists living with the disease, help...
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