In the Galleries: Once Upon a Time and Now

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of New York City has completed a $9.2 million renovation of its main building. To mark the ribbon cutting there will also be a remounting of an historic exhibit from 1989, "The Center Show." Originally the 1989 exhibit was a series of site-specific installations commissioned by the Center to mark the then 20th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. New works will also be displayed.

The title of the exhibition references the title of Keith Haring's second floor bathroom mural entitled Once Upon a Time, and painted nine months before his death from AIDS.

The ribbon cutting ceremony is February 3 at 6:30 p.m. and the exhibit is on view till April 6.

Check the Center's site for more information.

Above and below: George Whitman, Adam & Eve
acrylic on wall, 1989

Stephen Lack, Boy on Wall
oil on wall, 1989

Glenn Ligon, Condition Report, 2000
Inkjet and screenprint, edition of 20, 2000

Nancy Spero, Elegy
acrylic on wall, no date

Susan Strande, Untitled
fresco, 1989

Arch Connelly, Room
paper, collage, jewels, 1989

Keith Haring, Once Upon a Time
enamel on wall, 1989
Photography by Travis Mark

Leon Golub, Heretic's Fork
oil on wall, 1989

Deborah Kass, Deb, 2012
screenprints, edition of 60, 2012

Kay Rosen, Homophobia
screenprint, edition of 25, and offset prints (Xeroxes), 1990

Kenny Scharf, Love
acrylic on wall, 1989

Robert Storr, Untitled
acrylic on wall,1989