MOPOP is honored to announce our upcoming particular exhibition, Keith Haring: A Radiant Legacy.

This limited-run exhibition will provide museum guests an immersive celebration of the long-lasting artist’s life, work, and activism by means of 

  • 240+ Keith Haring artworks and objects

  • Curated picks from Haring’s private Nineteen Eighties artwork assortment

  • 20 objects from creative collaborator Angel Ortiz (LAII)

  • Examination of Haring’s friendships and collaborations with Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Madonna, Grace Jones, and extra

  • A group youth partnership led by MOPOP’s Youth Advisory Board

 

Who Was Keith Haring? 

  • Keith Haring (1958-1990) was arguably essentially the most completed and outstanding American artist of the Nineteen Eighties. Throughout the course of his transient ten-year profession, Haring rewrote the rulebook for up to date artwork, integrating the seemingly discrete arenas of New York Metropolis’s gritty downtown counterculture and uptown artwork aristocracy.

  • Haring’s fashion was immediately recognizable. Daring strains, pictographic symbols, and vibrant colours abounded in each piece he made.

  • Haring’s work transcended commodification by reflecting the artist’s fervent activism and democratic beliefs. An advocate for nuclear de-escalation, civil rights, baby welfare, and HIV-AIDS consciousness, Haring spent his profession making posters, public artwork, and charitable commissions in assist of those very important causes.

  • Haring died from AIDS-related issues at solely thirty-one years outdated. Keith Haring: A Radiant Legacy focuses on the indelible impression of Haring’s exuberant life, which, by means of his incomparable physique of labor, continues to encourage as we speak. 

 

Photograph offered courtesy of Allan Tannenbaum.

Keith Haring: A Radiant Legacy can be open at MOPOP from October 11, 2024 to March 23, 2025​. 

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Keith Haring: A Radiant Legacy is a Single Supply Touring Exhibition offered by PANART Connections, a personal assortment.