Graffiti has always been a form of artistic rebellion and activism. Keith Haring propelled the medium into the stratosphere. His repetitive and reverberating outlines—those dynamic dancing figures—seem to jump off the canvas with joy. Haring embraced his identity as a gay man, and his art celebrates sexual freedom, a utopia in which homophobia has no place. Complications of AIDS, however, ended his life at the age of 31, in 1990. The artist’s last work, Untitled (1989), offers one last message of unity: in vivid color it shows interconnected limbs that signal a community committed to fighting oppression. Surrendering to hate and othering was never an option for Haring, and this exhibition seconds that sentiment. —Maggie Turner