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Agosto Machado
Artist Agosto Machado joins curator and Rail contributor CJ Salapare for a conversation on Zoom.

The New Social Environment #1270
Recorded on Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 1 p.m. Eastern / 10 a.m. Pacific
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In this talk:

🚩 Agosto Machado —— A singular figure, Agosto Machado is a Chinese-Spanish-Filipino-American performance artist, activist, archivist, muse, caretaker, and friend to countless celebrated and underground visual and performing artists. He has been a vital participant and witness to cultural and creative life in New York since the early sixties, from art, theater, performance, and film to social and political counterculture and the dawn of the gay liberation movement. As part of a cohort of queer revolutionaries, Machado participated in the Stonewall Rebellion. His shrine and altar sculptures are held in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College, and The Museum of Modern Art in New York, where his work is on display in the museum’s permanent collection gallery.

🚩 CJ Salapare —— CJ Salapare is a Research Associate at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Prior to that, he was a Curatorial Assistant at The Whitney Museum of American Art where he worked on Edges of Ailey. His research spans the fields of Philippine diaspora, art historical method, and performance studies. He has contributed essays and interviews for Artists Space, FAR-NEAR, the Hammer Museum, the 2024 Venice Biennale, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. He received M.Phil degrees in art history and arts education from the University of Cambridge, and his BA in art history from Williams College.

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