The exhibition explores varied forms of friendship, dialogue and support within the world of culture through materials from the extensive archive of American artist John Giorno (1936-2019). A poet of profound impact and a performer endowed with a powerful stage presence, Giorno crossed 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.
