The Art Detective is a weekly column by Katya Kazakina for Artnet News Pro that lifts the curtain on what’s really going on in the art market. Everyone is trying to cash in on Jean-Michel Basquiat.
If you value independent local news, become a sustainer today. Your gift could help unlock a $1M challenge. Before his death in 1988 at just 27 years old, Jean-Michel Basquiat became a sensation, with ...
Jean-Michel Basquiat work, , offered digitally as part of Samsung's The Frame TV Art Store Jean-Michel Basquiat died in 1988, only 27 years old. At the time of his death, Basquiat’s talent and ...
The scale of Basquiat’s ambition, the trajectory of his life, and his close relationships with some of the art world’s most powerful figures (Warhol was a close friend) created a powder keg for his ...
A new show at Gagosian Beverly Hills showcases the paintings that the artist made in Los Angeles during the early 1980s: “It’s still an under-appreciated part of Jean-Michel’s career.” By Hadley ...
The paintings that appeared on eBay in the fall of 2012 featured skeletal figures with frenzied eyes, blocky crowns, and gnashing rows of teeth. They were done in brilliant blues and electric reds, ...