The Albertina opens a large-scale exhibition of works by American artist Keith Haring

To mark would have been his 60th birthday, the Albertina is devoting a large-scale exhibition to the exceptional American artist Keith Haring (1958–1990) that includes around 100 works sourced internationally from numerous museums and private collections. The artist, who initially became known for his drawings of the crawling baby, the barking dog, and figures dancing and climbing over each other, numbers among the most celebrated artists of his time. Haring’s creative career, though short, took a truly meteoric course, and the exhibition Keith Haring . The Alphabet retraces his wholly unique artistic development and historical significance. Keith Haring conceived of his artistic practice as a political statement in the public realm that took aim at the establishment, the authoritarian enforcement of order, and state repression of citizens. He consistently emphasized the creative process and the aspect of performance as well as the