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Jun 21, 2024 · Basquiat died of a drug overdose on August 12, 1988, in New York City. He was 27 years old. Although his art career was brief, Basquiat has been credited with bringing the African...
Jun 13, 2024 · Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American painter known for his raw gestural style of painting with graffiti-like images and scrawled text. Basquiat was raised in a middle-class home in Brooklyn. His mother was an American of Puerto Rican descent.
Jun 15, 2024 · The 6th anniversary of Jean-Micheal Basquiat’s death was also the day I was born. It’s strange to think that when a life starts or stops so many things are the same - the fear, anticipation, wanting, excitement, unknown - and yet so many things are different. Basquiat died of a heroin overdose in his Manhattan apartment, a place exactly 20 years later I would move to and see for myself ...
Jun 20, 2024 · Basquiat died of an accidental drug overdose on August 12, 1988, at his Great Jones Street studio. He was 27 years old. In the months preceding his death, the troubled artist claimed to be using a hundred bags of heroin a day. Curator and gallerist Jeffrey Deitch delivered a eulogy during his burial at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn ...
Jun 18, 2024 · Despite his success, Basquiat's life was marred by emotional turmoil and substance abuse, struggles that ultimately led to his untimely death on August 12, 1988, at the age of 27.
4 days ago · Riding with Death came towards the end of Basquiat's life, and features some common themes which run through most of his career. It is an example of how the artist combined inspiration from Renaissance Italy and traditional African art.
Jun 25, 2024 · Basquiat died at just 27 years old of a heroin overdose at his Great Jones Street home. Soon after, he was buried at Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery, followed by a number of private and...
