Bailey House Honors Queer, Black Artist Derrick Adams; Benefit Raises Over $200,000 For New Yorkers Living With HIV/AIDS, Chronic Illnesses

A removable red-white-and-blue ice pop springs up at an angle from a square launch pad. The stick of the quintessential frozen summer “firecracker,” “rocket,” or “bomb” treat replica is inscribed with the artist’s signature and the work’s edition number. Multidisciplinary artist Derrick Adams chose the sentimental imagery to convey a celebration of and open a conversation about contemporary Black life and culture. Even if…