{"id":90508,"date":"2016-12-06T17:10:54","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T22:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?page_id=90508"},"modified":"2022-07-26T13:55:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T17:55:12","slug":"history-best-buddies-keith-haring-logo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/history-best-buddies-keith-haring-logo\/","title":{"rendered":"History of the Best Buddies Keith Haring Logo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column animation=&#8221;fade-in&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #59399a;\">History of the Best Buddies Keith Haring Logo<\/span><\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-98677 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/BBlogo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Best Buddies logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/BBlogo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/BBlogo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/BBlogo.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Keith Haring, one of the best-known contemporary artists in the world, created and donated what has become the Best Buddies logo. \u00a0It incorporates a colorful creation that represents one-to-one affection and acceptance. The image is a work of art in itself, and therefore it is important to preserve its integrity as such. \u00a0The logo is licensed, managed and monitored by the Keith Haring Foundation in New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is hard to imagine any artist who could have captured the spirit and mission of Best Buddies better than the Pop Artist Keith Haring. His artwork is so simple and spot-on in capturing the concepts of friendship, togetherness and one person helping another. You just look at the Best Buddies logo and your heart beats a bit faster\u2014you can feel the power of friendship coming to life right before your eyes. I will never forget meeting Haring in his studio in New York City in the late 1980&#8217;s. I was a college student and he was an artist I admired and followed. He didn\u2019t know me from a hole-in-the-wall, but he had a family member with special needs and understood the significance of the Best Buddies mission. He knew what a friend meant in his life and his family member\u2019s life. He immediately told me he wanted to help and asked if he could donate our logo. The rest is history\u2014and a form of magic. I will always be in debt to Haring for his creative genius and generosity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2014 Best Buddies International Founder and Chairman, Anthony K. 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