Updated: January 2003

"With $1.5 million in funds generated by its 'Unframed' program of art sales, New York's nonprofit ACRIA has worked to test and redefine 40 AIDS treatments, seven of which have been approved by the FDA. This book documents the work donated to the program by more than 100 contemporary artists over the last decade—and the results hold up very well as an anthology of recent American art, much of it socio-sexually charged.... the book feels as sleek, elegant, and understated as the art inside is engaged, provocative, and beauitful.... Julian Schanbel, Doug and Mike Starn, Cindy Sherman, Vik Muniz, Jenny Holtzer, and many others fill out the 260 crisp four-color reproductions, and the work is uniformly quite good." —Publishers Weekly

"...displays the donated work of artists to be sold at an event to raise money for AIDS research." —Publishers Weekly, Featured in "Illusrtated Gift Books" Issue

"While the arts community has taken a larger than proportional hit since the early days of the AIDS crisis, members of that group have also been extraodinarily responsive in supporting people with AIDS and the various charities that have grown to help them. Perhaps there is no better example of this generosity than the 16 art sales held since 1993 to benefit ACRIA. More tan 110 artists—from Ross Bleckner and Julian Schnabel to Cindy Sherman and Kiki Smith—have contributed work, generally original pieces rather than runs of a print. With prices ranging from $100 to several thousand dollars, these works have netted ACRIA in excess of $1 million. This book brings together all the works in beautiful, sharp reproductions; where multiple original pieces were given, three or four examples are reproduced. Short introductions describe each of the sales and the works they presented. The book is valuable as a chronicle of this unique series of events but also as a record of smaller pieces produced by many of today's most successful artists. Recommended for all academic and larger public libraries." —Library Journal

"Mary Boone was nice enough to co-host the AIDS Community Research Initiative of America's book party for Unframed: Artists Respond to AIDS at her Chelsea gallery, but she wasn't on her best behavior.... Despite the dramatics, ACRIA ended the night with $25,000 in book sales." —New York