13/10/2026
William Olander
Julie Ault & David Deitcher in Conversation
DUETS – In Conversation Series, Vol. 8
Visual AIDS, New York, 2021
152 pp., softcover, English. Available at Salon für Kunstbuch. Order online: www.sfkb.at
Published by Visual AIDS, DUETS is a series of conversations bringing together artists, writers, curators, and activists to explore artistic practices and the cultural history of HIV/AIDS.
In this eighth volume, Julie Ault and David Deitcher discuss the life and legacy of William Olander (1950–1989), curator at the New Museum and co-founder of Visual AIDS. Their conversation traces his influential curatorial work and the intersections of contemporary art, q***r politics, and AIDS activism in 1980s New York.