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For Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Family, This Exhibition Was a Means of Grieving Visitors to “Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure,” now in Los Angeles, walk through the late artist’s ...
Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American street artist who became well known in the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement, a postmodern style recognized for its bold use of color, emotional ...
Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1982 James Van der Zee Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. After repeated visits to the Jean-Michel Basquiat “King Pleasure” exhibit at Starrett-Lehigh, what this ...
Jean-Michel Basquiat was 15 years old when his Haitian father caught him smoking pot in his room and in the scuffle, stabbed his son in the ass with a knife. It was then — Basquiat would later say — ...
The post Documentary on legendary artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in the works appeared first on TheGrio. Set to begin production this summer, the documentary will showcase exclusive interviews, ...
Basquiat created ‘Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown)’ in L.A. in 1983, “a painting commenting on the value and security of a work of art,” notes Fred Hoffman. Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Curated by Jean-Michel Basquiat's sisters, "King Pleasure" features 200 never-before-seen works from the iconic artist for the first time in LA,.
The entrance to an exhibit by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is seen at the Orlando Museum of Art, June 1, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. AP Basquiat, who lived and worked in New York City, found success in ...
In 1982, art dealer Emilio Mazzoli brought Jean-Michel Basquiat to Modena, Italy, where the street-artist-turned-mainstream-success would quickly produce a series of paintings for his second solo ...
In this Feb. 2, 2022, file photo, Aaron De Groft, director of the Orlando Museum of Art, looks at one of the works from the Mumford storage locker said to be by Jean-Michel Basquiat, "Untitled ...
In 1980, Basquiat was invited to participate in a group exhibition at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City. This was his first major solo exhibition, and it helped to launch his career.
All 25 works in the museum’s Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition were seized by the F.B.I. An affidavit called into question their origin and their authenticity.