jean-michel basquiat
-
Stephan James to Star as Jean-Michel Basquiat in Upcoming Limited Series
'To embody such a revolutionary will simply be one of the greatest honors of my career,' James said.
-
Kelvin Harrison Jr. to Star in Basquiat Biopic Samo Lives
Kelvin Harrison Jr. reunites with director Julius Onah for Jean-Michel Basquiat biopic Samo Lives.
-
Nas and Showtime Team Up for Iconic Project Series Celebrating 50 Years of Hip-Hop’s Past, Present, and Future
‘People don’t realize how broad the influence of the culture is’ said Mass Appeal CCO Sacha Jenkins.
-
New Exhibition in NYC will Showcase Rare Artwork from Jean-Michel Basquiat
The exhibition will feature over 200 rare and previously unreleased pieces from Jean Michel-Basquiat.
-
‘About Love’: Tiffany & Co. Teases Its Upcoming Short Film Starring Bey, Jay and a Never-Before-Seen Basquiat [Corrected]
The Breakfast at Tiffany's-inspired campaign also features the iconic Tiffany Yellow Diamond.
-
Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat Pulls the Plug on NFT Auction That Would Have Allowed the Winner to Destroy Original Drawing
This whole Non-Fungible Token (NFT) craze has me convinced that rich people just don’t know what to do with their money. The more I research it, the more the concept seems like one that managed to teleport from the year 2000 just as the dot-com bubble was bursting. Considering that the whole idea is the…
-
The New Coach x Basquiat Campaign Stars an Entirely Black and Brown Cast
He has been called “the Radiant Child,” and in his brief life, amassed a body of work so distinctive that it has placed him among the most iconic names in contemporary art. “I’m not an elitist but an autodidact who would like to be a part of the family of artists,” Jean-Michel Basquiat once said.…
-
The Glow Up's Guide to Giving: The Gift of the Radiant Child
As we all well know, for Christians, the height of the holiday season is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ—the young man who, according to the Bible, was immaculately conceived, born to save us and ultimately died for our sins (with a promise to return). But strangely, it was another young man who…
-
Amid Criticism and Controversy, the Guggenheim Museum Hires Its First Black Full-Time Curator
Eighty years after its inception, New York City’s Guggenheim Museum has hired its first full-time black curator. Last week, Ashley James joined the famed museum as its new associate curator of contemporary art, after having been the assistant curator of contemporary art at the Brooklyn Museum, where the New York Times called her “a moving…
-
Sean John x Jean-Michel Basquiat: A 20th-Anniversary Collaboration Honoring the Radiant Child
For the 20th anniversary of his Sean Jean clothing brand, Sean “Puffy” Combs’ latest artist collaboration is a partly posthumous one: a five-piece T-shirt-and-denim capsule collection featuring the work of painter Jean-Michel Basquiat. Combs—obviously also known as “Diddy”—and Jay-Z both collect the late painter and revere him in their lyrics. As Diddy rhymes in the…