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Keith Haring was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1958 and arrived in New York from Pittsburgh in 1978, befriending artists including Kenny Scharf and Jean-Michel Basquiat. During the 1980s, Haring achieved international recognition and participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions. After being diagnosed with HIV in 1988, he focused his activism on the AIDS crisis. Less than two years later, Haring died of an AIDS-related illness.
Sarah Loyer (Editor) is Curator and Exhibitions Manager at The Broad and was the curator of the exhibition Keith Haring: Art is for Everybody.
Joanne Heyler (Foreword) is Founding Director and President of The Broad, as well as Director and Chief Curator of The Broad Art Foundation.
Patti Astor was cofounder of the 1980s-era FUN Gallery which showed artists Jean-Michel Basquiat, DONDI, Futura, Zephyr, Jane Dickson, and more.
George Condo is an artist whose work is in the permanent collections of several museums including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, and The Broad.
Kimberly Drew (aka @museummammy on Instagram) is a curator and cultural critic, Curatorial Director of Pace Gallery, author of This Is What I Know About Art, and coauthor of Black Futures.
Tom Finkelpearl (Contributor) is an artist, author, curator, and the former director of the Queens Museum of Art.
Julia Gruen, currently a trustee of The Keith Haring Foundation, was Keith Haring's studio manager from 1984 until the artist's death in 1990.
Bill T. Jones is a Tony Award-winning artist, choreographer, dancer, theater director, and writer.
Ann Magnuson is a multi-disciplinary storyteller and visual artist.
Kermit Oswald was president of the Keith Haring Foundation until 2010.
Kenny Scharf, who was a childhood friend of Keith Haring, is an American artist known for his participation in the New York downtown art scene in the 1980s.
Tony Shafrazi is founder of the Tony Shafrazi Gallery (1979-2014). Keith Haring's first solo show at the gallery in 1982 helped catapult his career. Shafrazi was Haring's art dealer and friend during the artist's lifetime.
Gil Vasquez is Executive Director of the Keith Haring Foundation and has been involved as a founding member since its inception in 1990.