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Celebrating the Legacy of Keith Haring

Filed under: Decor, Art

It's been twenty years since artist Keith Haring died and although his career was very short his designs live on. In celebration of Keith Haring's birthday on May 4th (he would have been only 52), Blik, the maker of self-adhesive surface graphics, is releasing four new Keith Haring licensed wall graphics: "Untitled Face," "Robot DJ 84," "Untitled Heart" and "Spaceship Pyramid" as part of their line of Haring wall decals. The four designs chosen by Blik and The Haring Foundation represent some of Haring's most iconic images and those that have a strong emotional attachment for his fans. "Untitled Heart" shown above, sells for $55.
Want more Haring? If you take part in AIDS Walk NY as a member of the Keith Haring Foundation Team and donate $50 or more you will get a limited edition T-shirt featuring artwork by Shepard Fairey based on a portrait of Keith by Patrick McMullan.

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Artist Dash Snow Dies, Heroin

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Art

New York artist and gallery darling Dash Snow died Tuesday at the age of 27: heroin was the culprit. The hot artist's work lives on at the Saatchi Gallery in London, where his project "Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture" is on display. His work has also been shown in Gagosian Gallery, Deitch Projects and is held in permanent collections at the Whitney and Brooklyn Museum.

Snow has worked in graffiti, photography and even his own semen. Though he has famous roots (Uma Thurman's his aunt), Snow preferred a gritty life on the Lower East Side involving theft, jail time and the narcotic that caused his demise. The world has lost a creative force – but one that was destructive at the same time.

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