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Keith Haring with Madonna and Kenny Scharf during the Don't Bungle the Jungle benefit concert at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on May 24, 1989. Photo by Bob Gruen The New York Times (May 26, 1989): "Spearheaded by the pop singer Madonna and the artist Kenny Scharf, 'Don't Bungle the Jungle,' as the benefit was called, was expected to raise $500,000 for the preservation of tropical rain forests. There were performances by the B-52's, the Del Fuegos and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead. The evening included a cocktail reception and a performance attended by 2,000 people; a dinner at Indochine, on Lafayette Street in Manhattan, and a party at Mars, a nightclub in the West Village. A benefit art exhibit is to open at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in SoHo on June 3. The participants tried hard to demonstrate that this was more than the latest fashionable cause. 'Every second an area of rain forest the size of a football field disappears,' said Madonna, who appeared in a blond wig and see-through blouse, to screams from the crowd. 'At this rate in 50 years the entire rain forest may be gone - forever.' In her opening remarks, she said she had been reluctant to lend her support to the cause, which she had felt was less urgent than the plight of the homeless and AIDS sufferers. But she said that Mr. Scharf, a co-chairman of the event who lives part of the year at the edge of the Brazilian rain forest, convinced her that the destruction of rain forests for development and their natural resources threatens the global environment. Companions of Arts and Nature a foundation, will use the money raised by the benefit for education, research and securing land." • • • • #keithharing #madonna #kennyscharf #bobgruen #popart #1989 #1980s #queenofpop #80smadonna #80smusic #lgbtq #gaypride #nycartist #brooklynny #80sart #styleinspo #artscene #dontbunglethejungle #brooklynacademyofmusic #contemporaryart