Media Coverage
This archive is a collection of articles, audio and video related to the Keith Haring mural in Melbourne. It also contains links to important documents recently published regarding future plans for the mural. From here you can also connect to the sites of those organisations with a vested interest in the mural’s future.
Mural Documents
Yarra City Council Talking Arts Forum invitation, 2010
Haring Foundation blog post, 2010
Conservation Management Plan, RBA Architects & Conservation Consultants, 2011
Statement from Julia Gruen, Executive Director of the Keith Haring Foundation, 2011
Crack Is Wack Mural Story, Keith Haring Foundation, 23 November 2011
Commentary from Julia Gruen, Executive Director of the Keith Haring Foundation, 23 November 2011
Articles, Audio, Video
T. Gott & L. Sullivan, 'Keith Haring in Australia’, Art & Australia, Vol 39 #4, 2002
C. Webb, ‘Call to Save Mural from Fading Away’, The Age, 28 April 2010
E. Sharpe, 'Should this Keith Haring mural be saved?', The Art Newspaper, No. 214, June 2010
T. Dixon, 'Writing on the wall for artist's mural', The Age, 21 February 2011
G. Coslovich, 'Does this need a repaint? Yes and No', The Age, 2 July 2011
A. Whitelaw, 'Iconic Collingwood mural at art of debate', Melbourne Times Weekly, 23 August 2011
Australian Centre for the Moving Image, 'Keith Haring Mural (15 Second Place Video)', 8 August 2011
Triple R 102.7FM Interview, 10 November 2011
H. Mathews, 'Brushed Aside: artistic landmark must return to 1980s glory', The Age, 17 November 2011
E. Sharpe, 'This mural should be a living work', The Art Newspaper, No. 231, 12 January 2012
D. Rule, 'Debate over Haring mural intensifies', The Age, 25 January 2012
Desktop, 'The Space: Keith Haring Mural', Desktop Magazine, Feb 2012
D. Cooke & H. Cook, 'Door opens on street artist's lost mural', The Age, 16 February 2013