A former Christie’s president examines the meteoric rise of the “radiant child”, and his legacy following his untimely death ...
Jean-Michel Basquiat (December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist. His career in art began as a graffiti artist in New York City in the late 1970s, and in the 1980s produced ...
The Films Stars Kelvin Harrison, Jr. As Basquiat, And Is The First Basquiat Film Ever to be Envisioned by a Black Filmmaker A street art depicting artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is pictured on July 10, ...
Since his tragic death from an overdose at just 27 years old in 1988, street artist Jean-Michel Basquiat has become an art-market darling and near-legendary figure, the subject of seemingly countless ...
Ahead of its public reopening on November 15, the Studio Museum in Harlem showed off its new building to the press on ...
The Studio Museum in Harlem is preparing to reopen its doors on Nov. 15, revealing not only a striking new building but also ...
The Perennial Shadow of art in Basquiat's brief life / Achille Bonito Oliva -- Art: from subways to SoHo, Jean-Michel Basquiat / Henry Geldzahler -- Jean-Michel Basquiat: speaking in tongues / Richard ...
A stretch of Great Jones Street in downtown Manhattan has been officially named Jean-Michel Basquiat Way. The street includes the second-floor warehouse that Basquiat rented from Andy Warhol, where ...
Jean-Michel Basquiat was an artist who hailed from New York. He was of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent. According to The New York Times, his painting entitled “Warrior”—a 1982 creation—sold for $41.9 ...