Keith Haring’s Legacy in Today’s World: A Conversation About HIV Activism
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The artist Keith Haring brought immense energy and creativity to his efforts to raise public awareness about HIV in the late 1980s. Prior to his death from AIDS in 1990, Haring funded advocacy initiatives, supported the travel of activists to the International AIDS Conference in Montreal, and created compelling artwork about HIV for the group ACT UP, including the iconic Ignorance=Fear/Silence=Death poster featuring figures covering their ears, eyes and mouth in representing the challenges people living with HIV faced in the political context of the international response to AIDS.
Please join the CSIS Bipartisan Alliance for Health Security on Tuesday, February 25, from 4 to 6 pm for a conversation about Haring’s legacy and impact on HIV activism, the role of art in highlighting injustice, and opportunities in the current political context for creative advocacy to advance access to innovative HIV prevention, testing, and treatment approaches. Moderated by CSIS non-resident senior associate, Jirair Ratevosian, the panel will feature conversation with Brad Gooch, author of Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring (Harper Books: New York, 2024) and Martha Sichone Cameron, Executive Director for the International Community of Women Living with HIV (ICW) North America. The panel will run from 4 to 5 pm, with a reception to follow from 5 to 6 pm.
This event is made possible through the generous support of the Gates Foundation.
