In the late 1970s and early ’80s, Basquiat covered Lower Manhattan under the tag of SAMO©, demanding art world attention in the best way the young, Black, unknown artist knew how. It worked on ...

Another Jean-Michel Basquiat painting is heading to auction. Later this month, the prolific artist’s “Sabado por la Noche (Saturday Night)” is set to lead Christie’s Hong Kong‘s 20th ...

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s 1984 painting Sabado por la Noche (Saturday Night) will headline Christie’s 20th- and 21st-century evening sale in Hong Kong on March 28 with an estimate of HK$95 ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two insurance companies have asked a court to block a $19.7 million claim by owners of more than two dozen forged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings that were seized during an ...

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s first brush with Switzerland came in 1982 when he made his debut at Galerie Bruno Bischofberger in Zurich. While New York City remained his creative stomping ground ...

Fashion is having a love affair with Jean-Michel Basquiat. But it’s not like any other instance where the industry is posthumously appreciating an artist. Rather, it’s a story of ...