New York street culture-inspired works by 1980s artist Keith Haring will headline Melbourne's NGV summer exhibition.
More than 300 works of Haring and fellow US artist Jean-Michel Basquiat will make up the world-premiere exhibition, due to open in December and announced on Wednesday.
Among the collection will be Basquiat's famous Untitled work, a skull, on layered background.
"Haring and Basquiat respectively created powerful and enduring bodies of work rich with symbolic meaning and emotionally-charged political commentary," NGV director Tony Ellwood said.
"With works drawn from an array of public and private collections from around the world, this exhibition provides a unique scholarly context for their rise to prominence and lasting influence, firmly embedding them in the lively and diverse social context of 1980s New York."
Keith Haring Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossing Lines will open at the National Gallery of Victoria on December 1 and run until April next year.
Australian Associated Press