Photo by Albert Sanchez SIMON SAYS: KNOW YOUR HARING Our favorite author is at it again. In his latest book, Lives of Artists: Keith Haring, living legend Simon Doonan takes a look at the life and times of the revolutionary artist. GET YOUR COPY The book jacket says: Haring’s instantly recognizable repertoire of symbols—barking dogs, space-ships, crawling babies, clambering faceless people—were synonymous with the volatile culture of 1980s. Like a careening, preening pinball, Keith Haring playfully slammed into all aspects of this decade: hip-hop, new-wave, graffiti, funk, art, style and LGBT culture, and brought them together. Simon says: “Keith Haring said the people were not getting the art they deserve. He wanted to change that, and did. I think that’s why he’s endured.” SIGNED BY SIMON!* *while supplies last Jean Michel Basquiat envied him; Warhol, William Boroughs and Grace Jones collaborated with him. Madonna and he shared the same tastes in men.