Never Forget Keith Haring's 1978 Drawing Of The Twin Towers... As Penises

By

Jen Carlson

Published Mar 15, 2012

Modified Mar 15, 2012

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Tomorrow the Brooklyn Museum will open their Keith Haring 1978-1982 exhibit, the first large-scale exhibition to explore the artist's early career, and we stopped by this morning for a press preview. We'll have a full look at the show tomorrow, but right now let's focus on this piece that was catching a lot of eyes: a 1978 pencil drawing of the World Trade Center. In typical Haring style, he replaced the Twin Towers with giant penises, making the southern tip of Manhattan even that much easier to spot.