Avram Finkelstein Changed the World. Now, at 73, He’s Getting His First New York Solo Show

A golem is a figure in Jewish folklore usually made of clay, mud, or dust; a vessel for a word or idea, a metaphor come to life. Golems figure throughout “Something Terrible Has Happened (Corpus Fluxus),” a solo exhibition by artist, writer, and activist Avram Finkelstein at Smack Mellon—shockingly, his first in New York City. A founding member of various groups behind iconic AIDS actions and political posters, including ACT UP, Silence=Death, and Gran Fury, Finkelstein turns i