Artists give makeover to 1987 Keith Haring mural ‘We The Youth’ on side of Philly home

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A postal worker walks past a 1987 mural titled "We The Youth" by artist Keith Haring Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Philadelphia. The city’s Mural Arts Program has worked for months to restore the only collaborative public mural by Haring that is still intact and at its original site. Haring died of AIDS in 1990 at the age of 31. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

PHILADELPHIA – A mural by the late pop artist Keith Haring has had a makeover.

The colourful work titled “We The Youth” covers the side of a rowhouse in Philadelphia’s Point Breeze neighbourhood.

Homeowner Erica Bryant says the mural was badly discolored and cracked when she moved in last year. The city’s Mural Arts Program recently worked for months to restore it.

Created with children in 1987, it features many of Haring’s signature dancing figures. It’s his only collaborative public mural that is still intact and at its original site.

The executive directors of the mural program and Keith Haring Foundation put the finishing touches on the artwork on Wednesday. A public dedication is planned for Saturday.

Haring died in 1990.

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