Keith Haring at The LGBT Center

Keith Haring artwork © Keith Haring Foundation / Photo: The LGBT Community Center National History Archive

Public Viewing of the Keith Haring Mural

The LGBT Center, 208 West 13th Street, NYC

Wednesday, March 7 through Saturday, March 31, 2012

To mark the 20th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, the Center invited 50 artists to create new work in the Center. Curated by Barbara Sahlman and the late Rick Barnett, The Center Show featured well established and emerging artists, each of whom chose the site and subject for the pieces they created. These artists included, among others: Leon Golub; Barbara Sandler; Kenny Scharf; Nancy Spero; Robert Storr; Richard Taddei; George Whitman; Martin Wong. Much of their work remains on display throughout the Center.

Keith Haring painted a mural entitled “Once Upon a Time” in the second floor men’s room. Since The Center Show opened on June 1, 1989, the “Haring Bathroom” has become an internationally known tourist destination. Completed months before he died of AIDS, this mural is perhaps Haring’s most personal and resonant expression of sexual jouissance, and is the only Haring mural of its kind. (read more here)

For most of March, the Haring mural will be available for public viewing during all hours of Center operations. It will resume its role as a meeting room in April.

Center Hours of Operation:
Monday-Friday: 9AM -10PM
Saturday: 11AM - 10PM
Sunday: 11AM - 9PM

Related Programs:

 

Center Families Art Day
Saturday, March 10, 2012, 1 PM

A play day centered on Haring's children's art, including his coloring book and storybooks.
More Info >>

 
Garage Classics
Saturday, March 10, 2012, 9 PM
Dance 208's tribute to the Paradise Garage, one of the New York's most famous and influential dance clubs.More Info >>

 
30 Years From Here
Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 7 PM
Activists, medical experts, and people who were on the ground describe their stories from the war on AIDS. More Info >>

 
Q & Gay presents Sex from the 70s to Scruff
Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 7 PM
A discussion of gay sex in New York against the backdrop of Haring's erotic art. More Info >>

 
Center Cinema presents Drawing the Line
Friday, March 30, 2012, 7 PM
A free community screening of the 1990 Haring documentary, Drawing the Line. More Info >>