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“Riding with Death” (1988). Acrylic and oilstick on canvas. 248.9 × 289.5 cm. Private collection © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York. Picture: Private collection, all rights reserved.
BANKSY

To know Jean-Michel Basquiat, look at his art

Jean-Michel Basquiat produced an influential body of work reflecting on issues such as race in 1980s North America

  • Riason Naidoo
10 min read
Jean-Michel Basquiat. Untitled, 1982. Acrylic and oilstick on panel. 182.8 × 244 cm. Private collection © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York.
ANDY WARHOL

Basquiat retrospective boasts central masterpieces and never-before-exhibited works

A retrospective on Jean-Michel Basquiat is showing at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. Its curator has dubbed it the most comprehensive Basquiat show

  • Riason Naidoo
6 min read
All-star exhibition: Works by Picasso and Bonnard and Matisse
FONDATION LOUIS VUITTON

The best art money can borrow

Art meets fashion in a world first art show that offers visitors a chance to be in the presence of work by master painters at Fondation Louis Vuitton.

  • Hannah Ellis-petersen
6 min read