“You Feel the Deal is Real You’re A New York City Boy So Young, So Run into New York City New York City Boy You’ll Never Have A Bored Day ‘Cause You’re A New York City Boy” ‘New York City Boy’, Pet Shop Boys, 1999 (Chris Lowe | David Morales | Neil Tennant The Dutch Adventures of Keith Haring When he comes to Amsterdam for his first museum solo in the spring of 1986, the American artist Keith Haring (27) doesn’t spend all his time at the Stedelijk – he goes out, to into the city. Haring, a former art school student, began by making chalk drawings on empty advertising signs in the New York subway. His drawings were seen and appreciated, and even collected. Teenagers adore him. Haring’s vibrant bouncy figures are a perfect match with hip-hop street culture. So, when Wim Beeren (58), appointed director of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in 1985, stages a major show of Haring’s work, it turns out to be a good move. After his European debut in Rotterdam (1982), Haring becomes an overnight sensation following an exhibition at Tony Shafrazi in New York, later that year. By showing Haring’s work, Beeren brings youth … Meer lezen over Chris Reinewald – The Dutch Adventures of Keith Haring