Keith Haring (1958–90) was cursed to live in interesting times. His generation partied feverishly but was decimated by a plague made worse by official neglect. Sincere and industrious, he created art that could be engagingly celebratory or polemically pissed, but which, as it progressed, too often slid into one-note turgidity. Brooklyn Museum's "Keith Haring: 1978–1982" surveys the start of his career, from college endeavors to his legendary guerrilla posters in the... More >>>