The scale of Basquiat’s ambition, the trajectory of his life, and his close relationships with some of the art world’s most powerful figures (Warhol was a close friend) created a powder keg for his ...
In 2017, an untitled 1982 work by Jean-Michel Basquiat was sold at a Sotheby’s auction in New York for a shocking $110.5 million, purchased by Japanese e-commerce billionaire Yusaku Maezawa. The sale ...
A new street sign honors Jean-Michel Basquiat. (all photos Isa Farfan/Hyperallergic) A New York City street lined with boutique stores, galleries, a bustling fire station, and a multi-story parking ...
Diaz, now 66, is the other half of one of the most influential creative partnerships in downtown New York history—the graffiti duo that became the launchpad for Jean-Michel Basquiat’s meteoric rise to ...
A stretch of Great Jones Street where the artist lived and worked now goes by “Jean-Michel Basquiat Way.” By Alex Vadukul The artist Naderson Saint-Pierre was painting in his Manhattan studio on ...