Keith Haring is to art what “Happy Birthday” is to the American songbook: a standard whose ubiquity hasn’t quite dulled its ritual magic. Since his death in 1990, Haring’s iconography—radiant crawling ...

I began reading Brad Gooch’s biography of Keith Haring with the last chapter, on Haring’s untimely death from AIDS. I don’t usually read biographies out of order, but since I (like many) knew all too ...

In the 1980s, Keith Haring's cartoon-like images were everywhere — from t-shirts and New York City streets to art galleries around the world. His figures of dancers, hearts, babies and dogs remain pop ...

Two figures outlined in yellow and emblazoned with blue X-signs derived from the Latin cross on their chests dance rhythmically despite conjoining at the head. The joyful one-headed duo erupt from a ...

Social activism was built into the art of Keith Haring—one of the most widely recognized modern artists of our time. From promoting AIDS awareness to being vocally against apartheid and other issues, ...

It was 1982, and 24-year-old artist Keith Haring was being handcuffed and escorted out of the New York City subway, where he'd been drawing cartoonish chalk figures on the walls before ads could be ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X There have been numerous biographies of artist Keith Haring, but none as poignant as the new ...

Keith Haring’s linework has graced subterranean tunnels and art’s loftiest exhibition halls. This month, however, marks his first museum retrospective in Los Angeles. “Keith Haring: Art Is for ...

“Keith Haring: Art Is for Everybody,” opening May 27 at the Broad Museum in Los Angeles, shows that the 1980s art star worked as if there were no tomorrow. By the time he died at age 31 in 1990, of ...

Keith Haring’s New York. A new biography tells the story of not only Haring’s life but also the exhilarating world of New York art in the 1970s and 80s. We are attracted to the biographies of artists ...

Late artist Keith Haring's personal art collection includes work by David Bowes and Andy Warhol, and is expected to bring in more than $1 million, which will benefit New York City’s The Center. Artist ...