“Basquiat was a prodigious consumer of art books ... The work, about 6 feet by 6 feet and made from acrylic and oil stick on canvas with wood supports, is filled with text describing ...

[All officers charged in Stewart’s death were acquitted.] Jean-Michel Basquiat was shocked by the beating of Michael Stewart. Known to have used the D train as a canvas, the handsome ...

De Groft was fired by OMA in 2022, shortly after FBI agents raided the museum and seized 25 paintings purportedly by Basquiat, part of the exhibition Heroes & Monsters: Jean-Michel Basquiat ...

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 ...

‘Tobacco versus Red Chief’, 1981-82, is one of the earliest paintings made by Jean-Michel Basquiat during his brief yet prolific career. In the 1970s, Basquiat gained attention as a graffiti artist ...