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You Can Now Take a Stroll Down Jean-Michel Basquiat Way in New York City

A stretch of Great Jones Street in downtown Manhattan has been officially named Jean-Michel Basquiat Way. The street includes ...
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Currier Museum closes out Black History Month with a final look at Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibit

Basquiat rose from an unknown artist to one of prestige, and his works feature themes of wealth versus poverty, as well as racism and colonialism within the neo-expressionism movement. Four of ...
Artnet

Jean-Michel Basquiat Meets a Roman Venus at Gagosian Paris

In a rare meeting between the classical and the contemporary, Gagosian’s Paris gallery has staged a show pairing an ancient Roman sculpture with work by Jean-Michel Basquiat. The sculpture of the ...

Jean-Michel Basquiat Way unveiled in downtown Manhattan

Jean-Michel Basquiat, the lauded artist whose legacy has endured decades after his passing, now has a small stretch of ...
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Basquiat Biopic ‘Samo Lives,’ Starring Kelvin Harrison Jr., Adds Jeffrey Wright, Priah Ferguson And More

The post Basquiat Biopic ‘Samo Lives,’ Starring Kelvin Harrison Jr., Adds Jeffrey Wright, Priah Ferguson And More appeared ...

Basquiat’s “King Alphonso” Returns in Print

Limited to an edition of 60, the “King Alphonso” screenprints will be available exclusively via Pace Prints starting November ...
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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 ...
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Jean-Michel Basquiat Painting, out of Public View for Two Decades, Could Fetch $30 Million at Christie’s

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s The Italian Version of Popeye Has No Pork in His Diet, 1982—which has been out of public view for almost two decades—is headed to auction next month and is estimated to sell “in ...