Crack Is Wack Mural

**Crack Is Wack** is Keith Haring’s anti-crack mural, painted in 1986 on an abandoned handball court beside Harlem River Drive in East Harlem, Manhattan. After Haring was arrested for painting it without permission, public support helped preserve the work, and he repainted the wall later that same year. The mural’s visual language is classic Haring: bold black outlines, cartoon-like figures, a bright orange field, and an urgent slogan meant to be read quickly by people passing on foot or in cars. Restoration efforts, including a 2019 campaign backed by the Keith Haring Foundation, have helped keep it vivid.

New York, New York, United States