Titled “Untitled (1978),” the work is described to be the earliest known example of Basquiat’s iconic “Head” motif which he ...

This past May, a Japanese businessman paid $110.5 million for a Basquiat painting, one of the highest prices ever fetched for an American artist’s work. “He was very prescient in being able to ...

The roughly 4-by-7-foot canvas, whose title references the rise in birth rates after World War II, is a triple portrait believed to depict the artist, his father, Gerard, and his mother, Matilda ...

These are works that have never been seen. Completely fresh to the market.” Sotheby’s Contemporary Evening Auction includes an original Basquiat but also will have top lots from artists such ...

He paid me back. Well, he did. And also, you never see a painter painting in a movie about painters, usually, because the ...

The work surpassed an estimate only described by the press release as “in excess of $40 million,” and sold to an Asian buyer, in a record for the artist at auction. Basquiat’s previous ...

The triple-wide townhouse features luxurious finishes and masterpieces by famous artists like Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat.