Ongoing
Confrontation: Keith Haring and Pierre Alechinsky

Confrontation: Keith Haring and Pierre Alechinsky

Presented by NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale

Confrontation: Keith Haring and Pierre Alechinsky will draw major attention in celebrating one of the most beloved figures of 20th-century American art, while simultaneously providing a means of access to one of the legends of the European avant-garde. This exhibition differentiates itself from past iterations of Haring presentations through its emphasis on showing the artist’s place within a broader historical lineage that extends to artists beyond American borders. In connecting Haring to Alechinsky and CoBrA, this presentation emphasizes the under-recognized legacy of this key experimental movement, one that eroded artistic and social barriers by bringing work into the streets and adapting non-traditional creative sources including children’s art and pre-historic visual culture in order to instigate social change.

NSU Art Museum’s collection of CoBrA art is the largest in an American museum. CoBrA – an acronym for the three capital cities in which its founding members originated: Copenhagen (Denmark), Brussels (Belgium), and Amsterdam (the Netherlands) – is the international, interdisciplinary, and collective art movement that spanned from 1948-1951.

Confrontation: Keith Haring and Pierre Alechinsky is curated by Ariella Wolens, Bryant-Taylor Curator with Bonnie Clearwater, Director and Chief Curator of NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale. This exhibition is made possible with major support from Dr. David & Linda Frankel, with additional funding from Christie’s, Linda Nathan Marks & Berenice Fisher, Stephen & Joan Marks, Jacqueline Niehaus, Lee Sider & Gregory Stanton.

Special thanks to Pierre Alechinsky, Annelise Ream and The Keith Haring Foundation, Kristen Accola, Bonnie Barnett, Lauren Nijerk Bogen, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Jeffrey Deitch, Galerie Lelong, Suzanne Geiss, Alison Gingeras, Gladstone Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Rita Krauss & Phyllis Mack, John & Ljuba Lefebre Family, Austin Ma, Kermit & Lisa Oswald, Kenny Scharf, The Shin Collection, Rubell Family Collection, Tseng Kwong Chi Estate and Larry Warsh.

Dates & Times

2022/02/27 - 2022/10/02

Location Info

NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale

One E Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL