Keith Haring would have been 62 years old today had he not succumbed to HIV/AIDS related complications in 1990.
![Body Positive Cover](http://foundationblog.haring.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BodyPositiveCover.jpg)
Keith was an activist as well as an artist, and frequently used his artwork to help draw attention to a variety of issues, including the call to end apartheid, nuclear-disarmament, and the HIV-AIDS epidemic.
In a statement in the magazine Flash Art in 1984, Keith wrote “I think the contemporary artist has a responsibility to humanity to continue celebrating humanity and opposing the dehumanization of our culture.” His well-documented history of social activism shows his commitment to this belief.
![Free South Africa rally](http://foundationblog.haring.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/KHA-14562.jpg)
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![AIDS mural Barcelona](http://foundationblog.haring.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/KHA-2794.jpg)