Tseng Kwong Chi: Performing for the Camera

April 20, 2015exhibition, Tseng Kwong ChiKeith Haring Foundation

We are so excited for the opening of Tseng Kwong Chi: Performing for the Camera at NYU’s Grey Art Gallery. Tseng Kwong Chi was an amazing photographer and great friend of Keith Haring. Tseng extensively documented the vibrant downtown art scene of 1980’s New York City, and also created a fascinating and complex body of performative self-portraits addressing themes of social and political identity. Visit the exhibition website for more information, and be sure to see the show!

If you can’t see the show in New York, the exhibition is traveling to additional venues, see the list here.

Tseng Kwong Chi and Keith Haring — Keith Haring and Tseng Kwong Chi

Keith Haring fashion in Milan

April 15, 2015fashion, Reebok, SartorialistKeith Haring Foundation

Thanks to The Sartorialist for catching these Haring Reebok’s being used as a striking color accent on the street in Milan!

Preparing a rarely seen painting for exhibition in Munich

April 14, 2015art, exhibitionKeith Haring Foundation

Conservators working on a 120″ x 120″ painting for the next leg of The Political Line exhibition tour, opening May 1 in Germany. This painting was not included in the previous exhibition venues and hasn’t been exhibited in decades. It is a wonderful addition to the show and looks amazing!

Lil Buck and Keith Haring

February 18, 2015dance, exhibition, Lil BuckKeith Haring Foundation

Memphis jookin’ dance icon Lil Buck explores the dynamics of Haring’s art and writing as a vehicle that inspires his own movement. A special collaboration produced by the Aspen Institute Arts Program and the de Young, directed by Damian Woetzel.

May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990

February 17, 2015Keith Haring Foundation

Image Courtesy of Mr & Mrs Allen Haring

“Now with AIDS I don’t really have any dreams any more. Whatever dreams I did have, because of having a completely different view of the future because of being sick, there’s nothing I want to do that I haven’t done. I won’t be disappointed if there’s some things that don’t get done. Inevitably, no matter how long you work, it’s always going to end some time. And there’s always going to be things left undone. And it wouldn’t matter if you lived until you were seventy-five, there would still be new ideas. There would still be things that you wished you would have accomplished. You could work for several lifetimes. If I could clone myself there would still be too much work to do, even if there were five of me. And there are no regrets, really. Part of the reason that I’m not having trouble facing the reality of death is that it’s not a limitation, in a way. It could have happened any time and it is going to happen to someone any time. If you live your life according to that, death is irrelevant. Everything I’m doing right now is exactly what I want to do.” – Keith Haring. May 3, 1989

Art and Aids

January 13, 2015AIDS, exhibition, GMHCKeith Haring Foundation

Je Suis Charlie

January 9, 2015X Je suis CharlieKeith Haring Foundation

The freedom of the artist is symbolic of the human spirit in all mankind.

-Keith Haring, Oct. 30, 1984

Happy New Year

January 5, 2015new year, subway drawingKeith Haring Foundation

Welcome to the new Keith Haring Foundation blog! This blog will feature current information, news, and events relating to Keith Haring and the Foundation. Archival information previously found on our archives blog can now be found on our website under the heading Research.