Keith Haring mural, “A Book Full of Fun,” finds temporary home at Stanley Museum of Art

Keith Haring once completed more than 50 murals in a single year. Now, 34 years after his death, one of his murals is exclusively on display at the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art.  Haring’s mural “A Book Full of Fun” was painted at Iowa City’s Ernest Horn Elementary School in 1989. It now has a temporary home at the Stanley for six months while Horn Elementary undergoes renovations. The mural will return to the school after work is complete.   The exhibit titled “To My Friends at Horn: Keith Haring and Iowa City,” opened on Saturday, May 4, which would have been Haring’s 66th birthday, It features work by the American artist and activist, celebrating his two visits to Iowa City in the 1980s. He played an instrumental role in the community’s blossoming art community. “Haring believed in education as a cornerstone of our civic responsibility, and his work not only expressed that, but it also catalyzed it,” said Diana Tuite, Stanley’s visiting senior curator of modern and contemporary art and the exhibition curator. More:Joystick Arcade toasts to a new era as Alley Cat, a multi-genre entertainment venue Haring developed a lasting relationship with Iowa City Haring’s relationship with...