Image: The Keith Haring mural in Collingwood. Photo by John Hall via the Victorian AIDS Council.
One of only 31 remaining murals globally by the late, legendary Keith Haring, Melbourne’s iconic mural turns 30 this week.
‘Keith Haring’s visit to Australia, from 18 February to 8 March 1984, is still regarded with surprise. That an international art superstar should make it to our shores during his meteoric rise to fame — let alone undertake a series of public works here — is amazing’, said Juliana Engberg, director of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA).