UK AIDS Memorial Quilt

Part of the largest community arts project in history, the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt helps us remember and celebrate all lives lost to HIV from the beginning of the pandemic in the 1980s to the present day.

Tate Turbine Hall display

12 June to 16 June

View the entire UK AIDS Memorial Quilt in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall

A combination of 42 quilts and 23 individual panels will be displayed in the Turbine Hall, echoing how the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt (c.1989-ongoing) was shown outdoors as a form of protest to raise awareness for the ongoing AIDS pandemic. On Saturday 14 June, there will be a live reading of the names at 11.00 and 14.00.

We’ll be hosting a Quilt making workshop on 14 June at 11:45 and 14:45. CLICK HERE to learn more. 

This display is presented by Tate in partnership with UK AIDS Memorial Quilt and initiated by Charlie Porter. Curated by Elliot Gibbons, Collaborative Doctoral Researcher.

 

Explore Our Gallery

You will find all the details we hold about each panel that makes up the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt in our gallery.

The Acorn House Quilt Display July 2021

For the first time since the 1990s the entire collection of Quilts was displayed in single venue in London.

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Stories from the AIDS Quilt

The Quilt contains memories and stories of more than 380 individuals who died during the 1980s and 90s at a time when effective treatment for HIV was not available. We remember and celebrate their lives here.

Want to Host a Quilt?

If you would like to put a Quilt or Quilts on display in a venue in your area, please contact us and we will do our best to help make that happen.