Art for AIDS, a juried live and silent auction, is San Francisco’s premier art event benefiting one of the nation’s leading HIV/AIDS and LGBTQ mental health organizations, the UCSF Alliance Health Project (AHP).

Bringing together a creative community of artists, galleries, art donors and art patrons, sponsors and media, Art for AIDS connects the art world, a community deeply aware of the epidemic’s toll, with one of the nation’s leading HIV and LGBTQ mental health care organizations.

Art for AIDS originated in 1996 when several local artists joined forces and decided to sell their art to help friends living with HIV/AIDS. Over the years, Art for AIDS has grown, attracting artists such as Gustavo Ramos Rivera, Kristine Mays, Tim Yankosky, Pamela Merory Derhnam, Marius Bosc and Catherine Mackey, along with works from prominent Bay Area galleries and collectors.

In 2020, the yearly Art for AIDS auction was moved online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.