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Keith Haring

13 Questions: King of the Pop-Up (Gallery): Andy Valmorbida

Malcolm Harris | Posted 06.12.2013 | Arts
Malcolm Harris

On the heels of his most recent show during Hong Kong Basel (Keith Haring -- RETNA) -- I caught up with the modern architect and reigning King of the Pop-Up Art Gallery, Mr. Andy Valmorbida.

Traveling Abroad with LA in Your Backpack

Edward Goldman | Posted 06.14.2013 | Arts
Edward Goldman

Traveling abroad provides a welcome opportunity to step away from the routine and obligations of everyday life. But when you are lucky enough to liv...

Keith Haring Forever

Bloomberg | Jorg Von Uthmann | Posted 05.28.2013 | Arts

Few artists make it into the Guinness Book of World Records. Keith Haring did. He inspired the largest commercially available jigsaw puzzle on eart...

Keith Haring: Rebel With Many Causes

David Galenson | Posted 05.17.2013 | Arts
David Galenson

Haring was a conceptual artist, whose goal was to communicate his ideas. He recorded in his journal that he thought in poems, and painted them instead of writing: "Paintings can be poems if they are read as words instead of images."

Basquiat's Biggest Fan

Austin Considine | Posted 05.14.2013 | Arts
Austin Considine

I say this as his friend and fellow artist: I didn't do it so Basquiat could break records. I wanted to bring Basquiat to a more important place of recognition, to join the ranks of masters like Jackson Pollock and Francis Bacon.

Happy Birthday, Keith Haring!

Posted 05.06.2013 | Arts

In honor of Keith Harings' 55th birthday, we are revisiting a post originally published last year honoring the late artist's life and work. Today i...

Keith Haring: Boy Wonder

Don Bacigalupi | Posted 04.24.2013 | Arts
Don Bacigalupi

Keith Haring packed a great deal into his very short life. When he died of AIDS in 1990 at the age of 31, the artist left behind thousands of completed works -- drawings, paintings, murals, prints and sculpture. And Haring's output expanded beyond the realm of fine art and into popular culture.

Kenny Scharf Discusses Art Elitism, Psychedelic Car Washes, and Kolors

Catie Keck | Posted 06.03.2013 | Arts
Catie Keck

Kenny Scharf's newest exhibition opens tomorrow at the Paul Kasmin Gallery. The set of ten monochromatic paintings will operate as a backdrop to three enormous fiberglass structures - one of which, "Squirtz", made it's public debut outside The Standard, High Line two weeks prior to his exhibition opening.

Red and White: A Love Story

Mike Bonifer | Posted 05.27.2013 | Politics
Mike Bonifer

Red met White in a Keith Haring painting in 1982, and saw each other again that same year in one of the light cycles from the movie, Tron. Red was like, call me, and White was all like, I don't call, I return.

Top Ten Upcoming Lots You Should Know About

MutualArt | Posted 05.06.2013 | Arts
MutualArt

KNIVES A synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen inks on canvas by Andy Warhol will be sold on Mar 7 2013. The Estimated sale price is between $2,0...

LOOK: Keith Haring's Ill-Fated Pop Shop Gets Remembered

Posted 02.04.2013 | Arts

Before Banksy, there was Keith Haring. Best known for his iconic cartoon-like human figures, Haring decorated subways and sidewalks, both reflecting a...

Behold The Apartment With A Haring Mural Inside It

ANIMAL | Posted 01.23.2013 | Arts

In the market for some new digs? Check out this 8,200 square foot TriBeCa maisonette, complete with three floors, 19th century adornments, double floo...

Keith Haring Gets Political In A New Exhibition

Posted 12.14.2012 | Arts

It's hard not to smile when we see one of Keith Haring's strong and simple street art specimens. The thick graphic lines, bright colors and univer...

Your Start-Up Life: The Business of Art

Rana Florida | Posted 02.02.2013 | Business
Rana Florida

When Mera Rubell met her future husband Don, a medical student, the two quickly discovered that they shared two powerful passions -- for each other and for art. Together, they built not just a business empire but one of the most important private contemporary art collections in the world.

Congratulations! Jeffrey Deitch and Larry Gagosian Have a New Bundle of Joy: Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld

Malcolm Harris | Posted 12.11.2012 | Arts
Malcolm Harris

While some of the elements of the art opening haven't changed, what appears to separate Mr. Restoin-Roitfeld from the past, and even the present, may be his seemingly effortless marketing strategy and business model execution.

Your Start-Up Life: Artist Doesn't Believe in Failure

Rana Florida | Posted 10.02.2012 | Business
Rana Florida

Short, sweet, straight-to-the-point, and sometimes a little Zen-like, here are American popular culture artist Kenny Scharf's takes on collaboration, failure, and compromise.

The Life And Times Of David Wojnarowicz

Posted 07.17.2012 | Arts

"Fire in the Belly: The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz" is paying tribute to the artist, writer and AIDS activist whose name entered headlines in...

Testing The Keith Haring Sex Toys

ANIMAL | Posted 08.28.2012 | Arts

To be blunt, Keith Haring would not mind that his art adorns Tenga's uber-advanced vacuum fuck cups, nor in shapes of the ridges inside the brand span...

Artists We Lost To AIDS

Posted 06.27.2012 | Arts

Today is National HIV Testing Day, so we want to reflect on the history of AIDS and its impact on the Arts. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (A...

Making the Best of the "Blockbuster"

MutualArt | Posted 08.21.2012 | Arts
MutualArt

Should exhibitions cater to the masses with monolithic shows featuring blue-chip artists and a shiny new line of gift shop merchandise, or should they present a novel intellectual and aesthetic experience?

The Week In Art

Posted 05.06.2012 | Arts

This was a crazy week in the art world this week, excuse us while we catch our breaths! Edvard Munch's "The Scream" broke the record for most expensiv...

Happy 54th Birthday, Keith Haring!

Posted 05.04.2012 | Gay Voices

"The public needs art -- and it is the responsibility of a 'self-proclaimed artist' to realize that the public needs art, and not to make bourgeois ar...

Google Celebrates Legendary Pop Artist

Posted 05.04.2012 | Technology

Google remade its home page logo on May 4 to honor what would have been the 54th birthday of artist Keith Haring, who died of complications from AIDS ...

Happy Birthday Keith Haring!

The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.11.2012 | Arts

Today is the birthday of Pop-street art darling Keith Haring. The artist, who mastered the rare combination of super happy and super cool, would turn ...

Keith Haring's Endangered French Legacy: Jérôme de Noirmont on the Race to Save a Beloved Paris Mural

ARTINFO | Posted 06.06.2012 | Arts
ARTINFO

Until recently, a huge, colorful Keith Haring mural featuring his loose-limbed, dancing figures was in danger of being cut into pieces or sold off. No...