The artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, known for his subversive graffiti-inspired style, is commonly associated with New York City in the 1980s. Now, a new exhibition reveals a lesser-known source 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 ...
One of his big-name exhibitions, titled “Heroes & Monsters,” promised to showcase newly discovered works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, an acclaimed contemporary artist who died in 1988.