Keith Haring, "Untitled," 1981, Day-Glo and vinyl paint on found Formica and wood tabletop (Christopher Knight/Los Angeles Times) In the spring of 1989, just after turning 31 and about 10 months ...
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 ...
“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 ...
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, ...
Keith Haring was an artist and a major voice in early HIV/AIDS awareness in the '80s. With his signature visual style, pieces like "Stop AIDS" remain highly recognizable and vital to this day. Keith ...
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 ...
Emerging from the graffiti-laden underworld of New York City, the legend of artist and activist Keith Haring spread from the empire city to the furthest reaches of the world. In a special exhibition ...
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 ...
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 ...
In the spring of 1989, just after turning 31 and about 10 months before he died, Keith Haring drew a self-portrait in black ink on white paper. It says a lot about the way he approached his work — ...