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Basquiat begins work on paintings intended for shows in New York, Paris, and Dusseldorf the following year. 1988 Basquiat has not had an exhibition of paintings in New York for more than a year and a half, and in January, Basquiat exhibits new paintings for one night at Baghoomian’s gallery at the Cable Building in SoHo.
3. Warrior. Warrior is a 1982 artwork by Basquiat and is described as a “semi-autobiographical piece that champions his artistic vision as a black artist.”. The painting sold for $41.8 million at Christie’s in Hong Kong in March 2021, making it the most expensive Western artwork ever sold at auction in Asia.
Basquiat first achieved fame as part of SAMO, a graffiti duo who wrote enigmatic epigrams in the cultural hotbed of the Lower East Side of Manhattan during the late 1970s, where rap, punk, and street art coalesced into early hip-hop music culture. By the early 1980s, his paintings were being exhibited in galleries and museums internationally.
8 de mar. de 2021 · The painting went to Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, who had also bought the second-most-expensive Basquiat work (see entry #2) just one year prior. The sale made the painting one of the 10 ...
Basquiat’s life and work continue to inspire discussion, influence generations of artists and art in all its forms and make history worldwide. “Jean-Michel lived like a flame. He burned really bright. Then the fire went out. But the embers are still hot” – Fred Braithwaite
Organized and curated by The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat, this exhibition features over 200 never-before-seen and rarely shown paintings, drawings, multimedia presentations, ephemera, and artifacts. This intimate perspective is shared through the lens of his family – intertwining his artistic endeavors with his personal life, influences, and the times in which he lived.
21 de jun. de 2024 · It was also the highest price for a painting by Basquiat and by a Black artist. Death. Basquiat died of a drug overdose on August 12, 1988, in New York City. He was 27 years old.
