Andy Warhol
Keith Haring was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA in 1958 and was one of the most recognizable names in Pop Art. After studying at the School of Visual Arts in New York, he started working as a freelance artist and developed an imaginative graffiti-inspired style that quickly earned him international recognition.
He painted the Berlin Wall at Checkpoint Charlie, created body paintings for Grace Jones, and designed road markings in Tokyo.
In the late 1980s, Keith Haring contracted AIDS. Following his diagnosis, he began using his own visual language to portray the social impact of the disease. He died in 1990 in New York.
Welcome to the first Chamber of Wonder!
You enter the Giant’s subterranean world via the Blue Hall, the first Chamber of Wonder at Swarovski Kristallwelten. The walls of this cavernous space are painted International Klein Blue, a color developed by artist Yves Klein.
In the Blue Hall, guests get their first glimpse into the fascinating world of crystals and can see masterpieces such as The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí, Niki de Saint Phalle’s Crystal-Bearing Nana, and Gems by Andy Warhol. The focal point in this space is the Centenar, the largest hand-cut crystal in the world with 100 facets.
