Yahoo

Reframing Basquiat

I recently discovered a photograph of Jean-Michel Basquiat that has forever changed the way I think about him. The image isn’t the one of him from 1985, when he was 24 years old and at the height of ...
The Michigan Daily

How my dad’s reaction to Basquiat changed my view on art

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Design by Caroline Xi. It was a hot summer evening in New York City, and my family and I found ...
Black Enterprise

Basquiat Family Faces Criticism Over Commercialization of His Art

Friends of Basquiat are furious with the late artist’s relatives, who have been commercializing his art on products he wouldn't approve. In a report by the New York Post on Nov. 15., friends of ...
The Grio

A more personal view of Basquiat

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Jean-Michel Basquiat has been one of my favorite visual artists for over ...
Hypebeast

Basquiat's Heads Take Center Stage in New Collector’s Volume

A new book, ‘Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Head – The Mind,’ highlights the artist’s portraits of heads, with text by Sophia Heriveaux and a foreword by Larry Warsh Published by No More Rulers, the ...
Robb Report

The First Exhibition Exploring Basquiat’s Relationship With Music Opens Next Month

The inextricable link between the visual and the aural in Basquiat’s work is the subject of an exhibition opening this month at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Seeing Loud: Basquiat and Music is the ...
The New York Times

How to Look at a Basquiat

It’s not every day that New York has two Basquiat exhibitions. At “Art and Objecthood,” decoding the basics: his materials, iconography and unmistakable line. By Will Heinrich It’s not every day that ...
Forbes

Basquiat’s Rare And Mighty ‘Sugar Ray Robinson’ Masterpiece Expected To Fetch $35 Million As Top Lot At Christie’s

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT (1960-1988) Sugar Ray Robinson acrylic and oilstick on canvas 59.7/8 x 48.1/4 in. (152.1 x 122.6 cm.) Painted in 1982. His vigilant gaze directed at the viewer, his gloved fists ...
The Grio

‘Basquiat x Warhol’ revives a prolific creative conversation

Such is the popularity of the late visual artist Jean-Michel Basquiat that nowadays, Jay-Z sports a crown of locs inspired by the painter’s trademark dreads. On “Renaissance,” Beyoncé sings of ...
Complex

Reebok Basquiat Pack - Pump Omni Lite

Back in May, we took a look at the complete Fall/Winter 2010 Jean-Michel Basquiat Reebok collection. The shoes and apparel in the collection feature artwork from the late legendary Brooklyn artist. We ...
PBS

5 interesting facts about Jean-Michel Basquiat

The Brooklyn-born artist Jean-Michel Basquiat remains one the most enigmatic and beloved figures of the ’70s and ’80s. Basquiat, who was of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent, died of an accidental drug ...