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David Armstrong: Portraits, on view at @artistsspace through May 23rd, 2026 by @davidarmstrongarchive

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Rencontres de la photographie d’Arles, 2009 by @davidarmstrongarchive

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Pleased to announce David Armstrong: Portraits, the first US survey of David’s work is opening this evening, March 10th @artistsspace

Artists Space
11 Cortlandt Alley NY

Opening March 10th, 6 - 8pm by @davidarmstrongarchive

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05.24.1954 - 10.26.2014

It’s been 10 long years and not a day has gone by without a thought of David and his “Hey, Doll” greeting, his poetic and cutting emails, his history lessons, or the sounds of Billie Holiday filling the rooms of 615. DBA Forever.

David on Charles St, Boston 1972 @nangoldinstudio by @davidarmstrongarchive

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Spreads from the newest issue of Holiday Magazine No.394 on NYC and guest edited by Camilla Nickerson. The love between David and @nangoldinstudio and their friendship.

Special thanks to @christopherniquet

Nan on Pleasant Street, Cambridge MA 1974

David Self Portrait by @davidarmstrongarchive

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Show install at @kunsthallezurich on going. Opening June 7th - Sept 15th 2024. by @davidarmstrongarchive

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Happy Birthday to David!. He’d of been a young 70 today. Forever missed. by @davidarmstrongarchive

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In preparation for David’s show at Kunsthalle, Zurich we are in need of some help identifying the subjects, locations, and dates of these images. If anyone has ideas of who they may be please dm us or comment below. Thank you! by @davidarmstrongarchive

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Excited to announce a show of David’s Work at Kunsthalle Zürich this summer, opening June 6th - September 15th.

“David Armstrong (1954–2014) was an American photographer based in New York. Associated with the Boston School, his work has been influential in photography, art and fashion. He was celebrated for his tender and unabashed portraits of the people closest to him.

Armstrong started taking pictures in 1974 and photographed poets, artists, actors, musicians, activists, friends, lovers and acquaintances. Living in downtown Manhattan, partying at the Mudd Club, hanging out at the beach in Provincetown, Massachusetts, they included the actor and gallerist Patti Astor, artists Jean-Michel Basquiat, Greer Lankton, Mark Morrisroe, Jack Pierson, Tabboo! and Christopher Wool, actor and filmmaker Vincent Gallo, photographer Nan Goldin, writer Gary Indiana, lawyer and civil rights activist William Kunstler, musicians Arto Lindsay, Philippe Marcade, John and Evan Lurie, model and Vogue editor Lisa Love, tattoo artist Mark Mahoney, artist and fashion designer Maripol, poet and art critic Rene Ricard, transgender model Terri Toye, artist and writer Cookie Mueller and the filmmaker John Waters.

Over four decades and in a time of societal turmoil,
Armstrong generated both a style-defining portrait of his subculture and a deeply moving panorama of beauty, queerness and intimacy. This first overview of Armstrong’s oeuvre in Europe will include numerous unpublished photographs.” taken in Kunsthalle Zürich by @davidarmstrongarchive

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Cookie, March 2, 1949 - November 10, 1989. RIP by @davidarmstrongarchive

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9 long years today, RIP xD by @davidarmstrongarchive

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White vines, Sag Harbor 1998 by @davidarmstrongarchive

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