Gran Fury

Emerging from the ranks of ACT UP in the late 1980s, Gran Fury utilized the language of advertising and mass media to force the public to confront the government’s indifference toward the HIV/AIDS crisis. Their work ranges from iconic posters like “Kissing Doesn't Kill” to subversive billboards, blending high-impact graphic design with sharp political critique. By reclaiming public space for urgent social messages, the collective transformed the street into a site of resistance, ensuring that the human cost of political inaction could not be ignored. Worth reading: The Pope, The Penis and The Phone