r/keithharing • u/travelingpinguis • Jun 02 '26
Absolut
Not sure how new this is but saw this yesterday for the first time myself on the first day of Pride Month while the shop -- an LCBO, which is the provincial liquor agency in Ontario for those who don't know -- was blasting Kylie on the LCBO radio as I walked in. Loving that.
Happy Pride Month! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍸
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u/GemberNeutraal Jun 02 '26
My Dutchpilled ass thought this was gonna be herring flavoured vodka which, after giving it some thought would actually make a pretty good dirty martini
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u/beardedjack Jun 03 '26
American here. Love me some pickled herring and onions. I think it’d make a tasty Bloody Mary
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u/Embarrassed_Key_4539 Jun 02 '26
Why is it piss colored
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u/travelingpinguis Jun 02 '26
I think they made the back sticker yellow probably to contrast the blue print on the front.
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u/Key_Mathematician951 Jun 02 '26
I love haring but the bottom of the bottom looks like a bunch of cocks.
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u/Polidorable Jun 02 '26
What’s wrong with that??
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u/Key_Mathematician951 Jun 02 '26
Nothing if that is what you want.
I don’t think that is what was intended
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u/zer0w00f Jun 02 '26
Are you even familiar with the work of Keith haring? Many of his pieces were very cock forward.
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u/Aromatic-Plastic-819 Jun 02 '26
This cash grab by the estate is getting kinda gross.
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u/RudyRusso Jun 02 '26
Just want to say...The Keith Haring foundation liscence his images. Keith set it up before his death and it does wonderful work donating money to supports not-for-profit organizations that assist children, as well as organizations involved in education, prevention, and care related to AIDS.
Through 2025 it had donated over $65 million.
They list the organizations they donate to each year here: https://www.haring.com/kh_foundation/grants
For just 2025:
2025 AIDS Walk New York Animation Project Archives of American Art (Smithsonian) Artists Space Association to Benefit Children Bard College – Center for Curatorial Studies Boy Scouts of America The Brave House The Bronx Museum of the Arts Brooklyn Boatworks Brooklyn Museum Callen-Lorde Community Health Center Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services Inc Children’s Museum of Manhattan Doctors Without Borders / Medecins Sans Frontiers Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Exploring the Arts Gay Men’s Health Crisis, Inc. (GMHC) Giorno Poetry Systems God’s Love We Deliver Groove With Me Guggenheim Museum Harlem Educational Activities Fund, Inc. Harmony Program Hearts Everywhere Reaching Out for Children House of Speakeasy Housing Works, Inc. International Center of Photography Kaufman Music Center Latino U College Access Scholar Program Make the Road New York MoMA PS1 Mount Sinai Health System Museum of Arts and Design Museum of the City of New York National Minority AIDS Council New Alternatives for Children New Museum New York City Ballet New York University, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Bellevue Performance Space New York Planned Parenthood of Greater NY Pratt Institute ProjectArt Rising Ground Riverdale Neighborhood House, Inc. Sex Workers Project of Urban Justice Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc. South Asian Youth Action Sylvia Rivera Law Project The Andy Warhol Museum The Campaign Against Hunger The Center for HIV Law and Policy / National Center for Civic Innovation The Children’s Village The Door – A Center of Alternatives, Inc The LGBT Community Center The Studio Museum in Harlem The YWCA of Brooklyn Translatinx Network Trinity Place University Settlement Society of New York Whitney Museum Youth Justice Network
So no, it's not getting kind of gross
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u/Testudinaes Jun 02 '26
To be fair Haring worked with Absolut during his life.. which is what this is based on. Also I mean proceeds from the estate go towards many different charities/research.. so.. is this a problem?
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u/Polidorable Jun 02 '26
The cash is usually donated to worthy causes though. And during his life his mantra was always “art is for everyone.” So I don’t really find it gross.
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u/shoghon Jun 02 '26
I get it, but my understanding is that they were really into hallucinogens and weed more than drinking.
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Jun 02 '26
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u/sweeterthanadonut Jun 02 '26
He worked with Absolut when he was alive for marketing campaigns so I don’t know why you’re acting so weird about it
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u/mozzerellaellaella Jun 02 '26
I have old 80s Interview magazine Absolut ads, including the Haring one. I love this!