Sunday, May 4, 2025

Reader mailbag: Uncovering the location of this Keith Haring snapshot

An EVG reader is trying to identify the location of the above photo from the winter of 1988 with Keith Haring and Piergiorgio Castellani. 

We met quite randomly on a sidewalk in the East Village. I was a young student from Pisa, passionate about art, Keith was at the peak of his career and I recognized him immediately and I approached him, I said goodbye and invited him to do something important in Italy. The next day I was in his studio and we started working on the creation of "Tuttomondo." 
And... 
In 1989 the Castellani Family invited Keith Haring to Pisa to realize what would become one of his most important, permanent public works, the monumental mural "Tuttomondo." 
While Castellani said the chance encounter was in the East Village, there's some thought the photo was taken in the West Village.

7 comments:

  1. That's taken by the West 4th Street basketball courts on 6th Ave

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  2. Not sure if I can embed a link:
    https://maps.app.goo.gl/9LSHn6DFpkTgZ7789

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  3. 6th Av and Minetta Lane. northeast corner

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  4. Correction: 6th Av and West 3rd Street

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  5. Yes, this is in the West Village. 6th Ave looking north at W. 4th — golden swan garden / bball courts on the right, the crown of The Waverly in the left distance.

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  6. Happy 67th, Keith! Hope you are dancing.

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  7. This is the basketball court on west 4th.

    https://maps.app.goo.gl/CJjSkYfGa6esP3fT9

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