See Art From the Over 30 Gay Artists Invadg Miami's Art Basel

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See Art From the Over 30 Gay Artists Invadg Miami's Art Basel

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ANDREW {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}ANDREW CUNANAN WAS A MURRER WHO KILLED FASHN SIGNER GIANNI VERSACE, AND AT LEAST FOUR OTHER PEOPLE, BEFORE MTG SUICI A MIAMI {LOR:#323232;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;} SPAN{FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;}{FONT-STYLE:NORMAL;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:RALAS,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.3;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;TEXT-TRANSFORM:PALIZE;}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;MARG-LEFT:0.625REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}UPDATED: OCT 12, {DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;}{MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 64REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(100VW - (1REM * 2));MARG-LEFT:1REM;MARG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(-1 * 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - (LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 2 * 1REM)) / -2);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 90REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / 2);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / -2) - 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 2);MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 + 1REM)) / -2) - LC(2 * 1REM));}[DATA-HAS-SPONSOR] {MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);MARG-RIGHT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);}}{JTIFY-SELF:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG-LEFT:-50VW;MARG-RIGHT:-50VW;WIDTH:100VW;LEFT:50%;RIGHT:50%;}}{HEIGHT:TO;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO LC(50% - 50VW);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO;}}{POSN:RELATIVE;HEIGHT:TO;}{POSN:RELATIVE;--POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} A{POSN:ABSOLUTE;}{POSN:RELATIVE;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;VERTIL-ALIGN:TOP;}{BACKGROUND:#C92228;BOTTOM:0;PADDG:.5REM;RIGHT:0;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG:0.39REM;}}{DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:1REM;WIDTH:1REM;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:1.063REM;HEIGHT:1.063REM;}}{LE-HEIGHT:1;MARG-TOP:0.3125REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0;}}{LOR:#595959;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}JAMIE STT LYTLE/SYGMA VIA GETTY {FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:3.5REM;PADDG-RIGHT:3.5REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MAX-WIDTH:45.25REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 100REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}} EM{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}{CLEAR:BOTH;NTENT:" ";DISPLAY:BLOCK;FONT-SIZE:0.7REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.5REM;HEIGHT:0REM;VISIBILY:HIDN;}{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;} EM{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}(1969-1997){LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:800;LETTER-SPACG:0.02EM;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;MARG-TOP:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}WHO WAS ANDREW CUNANAN?ANDREW CUNANAN WAS BORN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AND EVENTUALLY SETTLED SAN FRANCIS’S CASTRO DISTRICT AND SOCIALIZED WH OLR, WEALTHY GAY MEN WHILE DULGG HEAVILY DGS. IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT SET HIM OFF BUT HE BEGAN A CROSS-UNTRY KILLG SPREE OF FIVE KNOWN MURRS — THE LAST OF WHICH WAS FASHN SIGNER {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}GIANNI VERSACE. CUNANAN KILLED HIMSELF ON A MIAMI HOEBOAT 1997.PARENTS & SIBLGSANDREW CUNANAN WAS BORN ON AUGT 31, 1969 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. CUNANAN WAS RAISED BY A RELIG ITALIAN-AMERIN MOTHER, MARY ANNE SCHILLACI, AND PRTIGE-NSC FILIPO-AMERIN FATHER, MOSTO CUNANAN. THOUGH A DISCIPLARIAN, HIS FATHER WAS NOT VLENT, AND CUNANAN DID NOT EXPERIENCE THE EARLY CHILDHOOD TRMAS THAT EXPERTS OFTEN TAG AS TYPIL OF VLENT CRIMALS. CUNANAN WAS THE YOUNGT OF FOUR, HIS BROTHER AND SISTERS BEG: CHRISTOPHER CUNANAN, ELENA CUNANAN, AND REGA CUNANAN. EARLY LIFEON THE SURFACE, THE HIGHLY TELLIGENT CUNANAN REVELED HIS LIFE AS A YOUNG, ATTRACTIVE GAY MALE. HE TYPILLY SOCIALIZED WH MUCH OLR, WEALTHIER MEN, AND EVENTUALLY SETTLED SAN FRANCIS'S GAY CASTRO DISTRICT. BY THE TIME HE WAS 21 YEARS OLD, HE SPOKE SEVEN LANGUAG AND WAS BEG WELL ACQUATED WH THE FER THGS LIFE. HOWEVER, BENEATH THIS CHEERFUL FA LURKED A MUCH DARKER SI THAT BEME EXACERBATED BY AN SATIABLE NEED FOR DGS, KKY SEX AND MATERIAL WEALTH. IN HIS TEENS, CUNANAN HAD PROSTUTED HIMSELF, AND HE SOON BEME OBSSED WH VLENT PORNOGRAPHY, OFTEN TAKG PART THE FILMS HIMSELF.SERIAL MURRER BY 1997, CUNANAN HAD SUNK TO A PRSN AFTER ONE AFTER ANOTHER OF HIS WEALTHY LOVERS LEFT HIM. SOME WONR IF HE DISVERED HE WAS HIV POSIVE AND THAT PERHAPS THIS VASTATG NEWS, BED WH A BROODG, OBSSIVE JEALOY, WAS WHAT MAY HAVE LED HIM TO HIS FIRST VICTIM, FORMER LOVER JEFF TRAIL. THE GOME MURR STARTED A KILLG SPREE THAT LEFT THE FBI STUMPED. RATHER THAN GOG TO HIDG, CUNANAN FLOUTED THORI, KILLG THREE OTHERS BEFORE REENTERG THE GAY SOCIAL SCENE, THIS TIME MIAMI, FLORIDA.MURR OF GIANNI VERSACE UNABLE TO TCH CUNANAN, THORI HAD ALL BUT GIVEN UP, AND THE MEDIA SEEMED TO HAVE OLED AS WELL. THAT JULY, CUNANAN TOOK THE LIFE OF HIS NEXT AND FAL VICTIM, WORLD-FAMO FASHN SIGNER GIANNI VERSACE. POLICE WERE BLAMED FOR NOT HAVG WARNED THE MIAMI GAY MUNY ABOUT CUNANAN, AND THEIR EVERY STEP WAS SCTIZED FOLLOWG VERSACE'S MURR. AFTER THE POLICE HAD SURROUND HIM ON A HOEBOAT SOUTH FLORIDA, CUNANAN SHOT HIMSELF BEFORE HE ULD BE ARRTED. HIS TOPSY SHOWED HE DID NOT HAVE HIV WHICH BUNKED THE THEORY THAT THE DIAGNOSIS TRIGGERED HIS MURRO SPREE. HIS MOTIV WERE NEVER TERMED.'THE ASSASSATN OF GIANNI VERSACE' AND MOVIETHE SEND SEASON OF AMERIN CRIME STORY PICTED CUNANAN'S KILLG SPREE THE ASSSASATN OF GIANNI VERSACE. ACTOR DARREN CRISS PLAYED THE ROLE OF CUNANAN.CUNANAN HAS ALSO BEEN THE SUBJECT OF TE CRIME TELEVISN, CLUDG AN EPISO ON TTV'S MUGSHOTS ENTLED "ANDREW CUNANAN THE VERSACE KILLER."{BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

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Andrew Cunanan was born San Diego, California and eventually settled San Francis’s Castro district and socialized wh olr, wealthy gay men while dulgg heavily dgs. Early LifeOn the surface, the highly telligent Cunanan reveled his life as a young, attractive gay male. He typilly socialized wh much olr, wealthier men, and eventually settled San Francis's gay Castro district.

Rather than gog to hidg, Cunanan flouted thori, killg three others before reenterg the gay social scene, this time Miami, of Gianni Versace Unable to tch Cunanan, thori had all but given up, and the media seemed to have oled as well.

‘VERSACE’ STARS: ANTI-GAY BIAS LED TO SIGNER’S ATH

Police were blamed for not havg warned the Miami gay muny about Cunanan, and their every step was sctized followg Versace's murr. But Versace was also a trailblazer his personal life, boldly g out of the closet the 1980s at a time when many gay celebri – fashn signers clud – were still the closet.

GAY UPLE BTALLY ATTACKED AFTER MIAMI BEACH PRI EVENT

By all acunts, Cunanan wasn’t the closet, and was a regular fixture at gay bars and clubs his hometown of San Diego, California.

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'Versace' stars: Anti-gay bias led to signer's ath | AP News .

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