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3 days ago · Artist Basquiat created a form of symbols in his career that he used across multiple paintings. The most famous element to the iconographic set were his crowns. Here examine which paintings made use of them, as well as the meaning behind them.
1 day ago · The painter and graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat was famed for his works that critiqued inequalities in society as well as colonialism. Basquiat formed part of the graffiti duo SAMO who painted street art (which often consisted of symbols, epigrams or a combination of words and images) around Manhattan.
2 days ago · Basquiat was a prolific draughtsman, leaving behind many hundreds of drawings from his career by the point of his untimely passing. Here we examine some of his more famous sketches and look into his production processes. The graffiti style is well suited to quick sketches, as was his work related to cartoons.
1 day ago · A Jean-Michel Basquiat could sell for as much as $60 million during the bellwether auctions of modern and contemporary art. By Eileen Kinsella , May 13, 2024 The Back Room
3 days ago · Banksy and Warhol to go on show at new Moco Museum in London. A cool new contemporary art gallery will show work by the likes of Banksy, Picasso and Warhol and immerse visitors in cutting edge ...
4 days ago · From today’s perspective, Kaws’ works are aesthetically more comparable to Keith Haring’s, while Jean-Michel Basquiat created art in a very different style. Today the artworks of all three artists can regularly be seen side by side in galleries, as Brian Donnelly has posted about on Instagram.
4 days ago · Richard Polsky, owner of Richard Polsky Art Authentication, which specializes in authenticating works by Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jackson Pollock and Roy Lichtenstein ...
