John Giorno: A Labour of Love

The exhibition explores various forms of friendship, dialogue, and support within the cultural sphere through materials from the extensive archive of American artist John Giorno. A poet of profound impact and a performer with a commanding stage presence, Giorno spanned sixty years of history and culture—from the Beat Generation to AIDS activism, through Andy Warhol’s Factory and Robert Rauschenberg’s Experiments in Art and Technology—each time leaving his mark and elevating the spoken word to an art form.