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Keith Haring
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American artist and social activist (1958-1990)
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Keith Haring was an artist whose professional activity spanned from 1978 to 1990. He was born on May 4, 1958, and died on February 16, 1990. His official website is haring.com. Haring has been associated with the country code BE.
His published works include *Haring-Isms*, *Keith Haring Baby Book*, *ספר הדברים הקטנים של נינה*, *Keith Haring Pop up Book Special Edition*, and *Keith Haring Pop up Book*. A quote attributed to him states, "Whatever you do, the only secret is to believe in it and satisfy yourself. Don't do it for anyone else."
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Official website
Keith Haring
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Described at
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Keith Haring foi um artista gráfico e ativista norte-americano. Influenciado pelo grafite, começou a ganhar notoriedade pelos desenhos feitos com giz nas
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Reading
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- visual artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- graffiti
- Movement
- contemporary art
- Official website
- www.haring.com
- Image
- Keith Haring (1986).jpg
- Work location
- Paris
- Residence
- New York City
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- Commons category
- Keith Haring
- date of birth
- 1958-05-04
- described at URL
- arteforadomuseu.com.br/artistas/keith-haring
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons Creator page
- Keith Haring
- influenced by
- William S. Burroughs
- has works in the collection
- Museum Folkwang
- sexual orientation
- gay
- name in native language
- Keith Haring
- writing language
- English language
- pseudonym
- Haring, Ḳit
- start of work period
- 1978-01-01
- end of work period
- 1990-01-01
- date of death
- 1990-02-16
- medical condition
- HIV/AIDS
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Works in European collections
7 objects attributed to Keith Haring, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Keith Allen Haring (May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990) was an American artist and activist. His bold, graphic imagery has "become a widely recognized visual language". Emerging from New York City's downtown art and graffiti scenes in the early 1980s, he transformed subway chalk drawings into an internationally celebrated career that bridged street art and Pop art.
Haring first gained public attention through spontaneous white-chalk drawings on unused black advertising panels in New York City subway stations, featuring crawling babies, barking dogs, dancing figures, and other animated symbols. As his reputation grew, he gained gallery representation and produced large-scale paintings and sculptures. Between 1982 and 1989, he created more than 50 public murals, many of them voluntarily for hospitals, schools, and community spaces.
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