Jean-Michel Basquiat

Artist vandalises Jean-Michel Basquiat’s studio... for art

The series of stunts were intended as a protest against Angelina Jolie buying the site, but members of New York’s graffiti scene are not happy, describing it as ‘shallow, pathetic and useless’

Art & Photography

Sep 07, 2023

James Greig

Fashion

Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat: Painting four hands

Four reasons to see Louis Vuitton’s mega Basquiat x Warhol show

A monumental exhibition chronicling the legendary artists’ unlikely friendship just opened in Paris

Fashion

Apr 18, 2023

Art & Photography

New doc Make Me Famous blows open the 1980s New York art scene

Make Me Famous tells the story of the painter Edward Brezinski, and reveals much about the downtown art scene of this time, and its legendary figures

Art & Photography

Feb 17, 2023

Flossie Skelton

Fashion

Black Fashion Fair has proved not all Basquiat collaborations are soulless

Designers including Theophilio, Hanifa, Head of State, and Who Decides War have created one-off pieces to tie in with the artist’s King Pleasure exhibition

Fashion

Dec 14, 2022

Daniel Rodgers

Art & Photography

Jean-Michel Basquiat in his studio, 1985

Fancy living in Jean-Michel Basquiat’s old NYC apartment?

Just $60,000 per month

Art & Photography

Nov 09, 2022

Fashion

Fashion photographer Roxanne Lowit has died

Lowit’s candid, backstage portraiture of fashion extravaganzas defined an era of hedonism, joy, and glamour

Fashion

Sep 14, 2022

Daniel Rodgers

Fashion

Yutaka Sakano: Jean-Michel Basquiat 1983

Unseen photos of Jean-Michel Basquiat wearing Issey Miyake in the 80s

In the wake of fashion legend Issey Miyake’s passing, revisit an uncovered photo shoot that saw Basquiat dressed in head to toe vintage looks from the designer’s archive

Fashion

Aug 09, 2022

Lexi Manatakis

Art & Photography

basquiat with minor success, 1982. marion busch

Basquiat and the everyday objects he turned into artworks

Jean-Michel Basquiat: Art and Objecthood is the exhibition exploring the artist’s use of unconventional materials as surfaces for his prolific painting

Art & Photography

Apr 06, 2022

Emily Dinsdale

Art & Photography

Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Polaroids

Is this what Jean-Michel Basquiat would have wanted?

Our obsession with the artist is undeniable, but the endless film adaptations, TV shows, and sneaker collabs gloss over vital elements of his art

Art & Photography

Mar 03, 2022

Thom Waite

Film & TV

Ryan Murphy brings Andy Warhol back to life in Netflix docuseries trailer

The Andy Warhol Diaries uses AI to have the artist posthumously narrate extracts from his personal diaries

Film & TV

Feb 24, 2022

Günseli Yalcinkaya

Art & Photography

The inside story of the new play about Warhol and Basquiat

Director Kwame Kwei-Armah discusses The Collaboration, a new play exploring the relationship between Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, which has just opened at the Young Vic

Art & Photography

Feb 17, 2022

Miss Rosen

Fashion

From hot vampire to goblin king: 5 of David Bowie’s best film looks

That babe with the (fashion) power

Fashion

Jan 31, 2022

Hannah Bertolino

Art & Photography

A major new Basquiat biopic is on the way

Samo Lives will be the first time the story of the enigmatic artist’s brief but extraordinary life has been told by a Black filmmaker

Art & Photography

Jan 06, 2022

Emily Dinsdale

Art & Photography

Glimpse some rare Basquiat sketches he once gifted to a friend

A book inscribed with private, never-before-exhibited drawings by Basquiat is now on display

Art & Photography

Sep 24, 2021

Emily Dinsdale

Art & Photography

David Wojnarowicz Photography & Films 1978–1992

That time David Wojnarowicz joined a band

The celebrated late artist known for his politicised self-portraits and Aids activism also played in 3 Teens Kill 4 – the experimental group that would cover Chaka Kahn and use tins of beans in their provocative stage shows

Art & Photography

Sep 14, 2021

Emily Dinsdale