Stop AIDS by Keith Haring is an original vintage artist-merchandise object associated with Haring’s legendary Pop Shop on Lafayette Street in New York. The Pop Shop opened in 1986 and offered affordable objects featuring Haring’s unmistakable graphic language, extending his work beyond galleries and into everyday life.

This square example measures 4 × 4 cm / 1.6 × 1.6 in and is constructed with a printed cardboard / paper face and a metal pin fitting on the reverse. It is not hand-signed or individually numbered. Period Pop Shop examples may carry Keith Haring TM or dated Keith Haring markings identifying their original production.

The Stop AIDS imagery reflects one of the most important themes in Haring’s later work: his direct engagement with the AIDS crisis. Haring used posters, public artworks, clothing, buttons, and other accessible formats to communicate messages about AIDS awareness, prevention, sexuality, and social responsibility.

Because these objects were designed as inexpensive, widely distributed artist merchandise, surviving original Pop Shop examples now have particular appeal as period Keith Haring ephemera and documents of 1980s New York culture.

A strong vintage collectible for admirers of Keith Haring, original Pop Shop memorabilia, AIDS activism, 1980s New York art, artist ephemera, vintage badges, Pop Art, and socially engaged contemporary art

Artist: Keith Haring
Title: Stop AIDS
Format: Original vintage square pin / badge / artist merchandise
Material: Printed cardboard / paper face with metal pin fitting
Size: 4 × 4 cm / 1.6 × 1.6 in
Year: c. 1986–1989
Edition: Original Pop Shop production
Signature: Not hand-signed; period examples may carry Keith Haring TM or dated Keith Haring markings
Set includes: 1 original Keith Haring “Stop AIDS” pin
Origin: Keith Haring Pop Shop, Lafayette Street, New York
Period: 1980s
Made during: Keith Haring’s lifetime