The Marian Goodman gallery is presenting a limited-edition photograph by Nan Goldin entitled 1st days in quarantine, Brooklyn, NY, 2020. Taken in the photographer’s apartment during the lockdown, where she has been staying put for more than a month now, it depicts the last bouquets of flowers she was able to purchase to decorate her home. The image is part of a series of works in which Goldin has photographed her isolation companion Thora Siemsen. The series of eight photographs depicts a singular day in Goldin’s apartment, transiting from morning till night.

100% of the profit from the sales of this edition will go to an organisation close to the artist’s heart, Union (USU) Urban Survivors. Founded in 2010, USU is a national organisation whose headquarters are located in North Carolina. They are owned and operated by people directly impacted by America’s Drug War. They provide harm reduction services to people who use drugs in direct response to the health hazards generated by drug policy. The work USU is doing is of particular importance now as many opioid users are at increased risk of COVID-19 infection due to having compromised immune systems.