But since his death, Basquiat has only found more fame. “When an artist dies, their value goes up,” Sargent said. “It has something to do with no more work being made and out of scarcity. ...

Stewart’s death shocked the city’s artists, many of whom had known him personally. It resonated in particular with young Black men such as Jean-Michel Basquiat and Fred Brathwaite, known as ...

On June 21, 2019, Basquiat’s anguished testament to Michael Stewart’s violent death at the hands of New York City Transit officers was now at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, a stone’s ...

Did Barbie give a pink paint job to the onetime digs of legendary artist Jean-Michel Basquiat? ... Basquiat lived and worked in the Great Jones building from 1983 to the time of his death in 1988.

Annina Nosei, the former Basquiat dealer, told me that within a year or two of the artist’s death, she discovered that a well-known gallerist—who’d worked closely with him—had sold a ...

As theGRIO reported, Jean-Michel Basquiat’s untimely death in 1988 has not ended the reverence that art collectors have for his work. His paintings are often covered in words and doodles.

Die young, stay pretty," Blondie sang on the 1979 album Eat to the Beat, and the band's friend Jean-Michel Basquiat seemed to take the advice to heart. In 1988, seven years after breaking out as a ...

Their father, Gerard Basquiat, created and cared for his son’s estate until his death in 2013, when the sisters took over. “Our dad held on to a lot of things,” Heriveaux says. “He held on ...

Basquiat’s artwork has fetched prices upward of $100 million since his death in 1988. They are often the targets of forgers, and several art collection websites warn of fakes and offer advice in ...

Friends of Basquiat are furious with the late artist’s relatives, who have been commercializing his art on products he wouldn't approve. In a report by the New York Post on Nov. 15., friends of ...

But in 1982, when the art was said to have been painted before Basquiat’s 1988 death, Barzman was only 4 years old. Auctioneer admits to helping create fakes shown as Basquiats in Orlando.

Angelina Jolie signed an eight-year lease on 57 Great Jones Street in Noho, formerly owned by Andy Warhol who leased it to Jean-Michel Basquiat. It will now become a space for Jolie’s new ...