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 ...

Friends of Jean-Michel Basquiat are upset that the late artist's sisters have commercialized his legacy on products including a welcome mat. Ruggable If you want to buy a painting by Jean-Michel ...

Nearly a year after he was fired from Orlando Museum of Art, ex-director Aaron De Groft has broken his silence on the Basquiat scandal.

The Orlando Museum of Art has sued former CEO Aaron De Groft over a forged paintings scheme. The museum displayed dozens of forged artworks under the name of Jean-Michel Basquiat ...

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 ...

The museum was the first to display pieces said to have been found in an old storage locker years after Basquiat’s fatal drug overdose in 1988. According to a search warrant, federal art crimes ...

In a 1985 interview with the New York Times, Basquiat outlined how much he disliked the Modena experience. “They set it up for me so I’d have to make eight paintings in a week,” he said.

Over 4,000 New York City students have participated in the program since it was developed in 2021. Available to all NYC art teachers as an opt-in curriculum, the Basquiat education program has allowed ...