We were walking home tonight and at the corner of Prince Str. and Broadway, P turned to me and asked if the geometric patterned scratched into the concrete we were standing on could be Keith Haring. Could be. Had he not succumbed to AIDS at age 31, Haring would have turned 50 this year. I remember another time, walking home with A, when we passed Billy's Antiques & Props on Houston and saw Haring's iconic anti-apartheid statement. I should have taken it home with me.
If you're a fan, visit Skarstedt Gallery on the Upper East Side to view a 14-piece tribute to the artist. Look out for the early chalk drawing that Haring posted illegally on a blank advertising board in a New York subway station. Tues.–Sat. 10 am–6 pm, until June 28, at Skarstedt Gallery: 20 E. 79th St., skarstedt.com, 212-737-2060.
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You snooze you lose....Billy
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