Simon Watney
British art historian and AIDS activist
About Simon Watney
Born 1949. Simon Watney is a British art historian, art critic, activist shareholder and teacher.
Simon Watney (born 1949) is a British writer, art historian, and AIDS activist.
He studied art history at the University of Sussex, and then at the Courtauld Institute in London.
He lectured in Aesthetics and Communications at the Polytechnic of Central London, now the University of Westminster.
His 1987 article, "The Spectacle of AIDS", was included in The Gay and Lesbian Studies Reader. He also published Policing Desire: Pornography, AIDS and the Media in 1986. He co-founded OutRage! in 1990, and he and Keith Alcorn and Chris Woods set up its first meeting. He published Imagine Hope: AIDS and the Gay Identity in 2000.
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Who is Simon Watney?
British art historian and AIDS activist
When was Simon Watney born?
Simon Watney was born in 1949.
What is Simon Watney's occupation?
Simon Watney is an art historian, art critic, activist shareholder and teacher.
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Simon Watney is British.
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