Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure

Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure is an intimate look at the brilliant artist, who was lost too soon. Curated by Basquiat's sisters, it includes intimate immersive environments that paint the story of his life. His family spent five years combing his archives for the 200 rare and never before seen artworks and ephemera included in the show.

 

Keith Haring’s Famous Friends Left Their Mark on His Fridge Door

Keith Haring, the performance and visual artist who made a name for himself by scribbling whimsical chalk figures on subway walls, boasted a well-documented coterie of creative friends working in 1980s New York City. Pop singer Madonna, visionary graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Pop Art icon and party-thrower Andy Warhol all numbered among Haring’s confidantes.

 As it turns out, Haring’s circle left its mark on both his artwork and his fridge door.

 The contemporary artist’s graffiti-covered refrigerator panel recently sold at auction for $25,000.

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Stan Peskett- The night when he introduced Jean-Michel Basquiat to the world .

It’s April 1978, a warehouse party in New York, and a street guy wants to do some graffiti.
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