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Charing Cross tube station is getting rebranded as a tribute to Keith Haring this week (www.timeout.com)

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Keith Haring’s subway drawings – which the legendary artist drew in white chalk on New York’s transport network in the 1980s – remain among his best-loved works. So it’s fitting in many ways that Haring’s art will be taking over a London tube station this week as part of a two-day installation.

On Wednesday September 17 and Thursday September 18, Charing Cross tube will be transformed into ‘Haring Cross’ and feature two original pieces by Keith Haring. Expect the whole place to look a whole lot more colourful than usual, with the ticket hall and escalators plastered with the artist’s iconic drawings.

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[–] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Is it a tribute to Haring or a tribute to overpriced shitty vodka? Cos that thumbnail just looks like an excuse for yet more advertising and marketing to invade our senses.

Oh right, yeah, the whole thing is put on by a company to hock their wares. Obviously.