Schnabel was a friend of Basquiat’s during his rise to prominence, but the artist’s estate declined to let him use any of his ...

“I have the original ... using the Basquiat as collateral, the lawsuit states. But, it goes on, Mugrabi subsequently changed her mind and substituted “Jackie, 1964,” a painting by Andy ...

Roger Guenveur Smith shares his friendship with legendary artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in a solo show at Penumbra Theatre. (Caroline Yang) ...

Today, his paintings are auctioned off for tens of millions of dollars. But Basquiat hasn’t reaped those rewards, for he died of a heroin overdose at age 27 in 1988. While an aura of grief ...

“I feel that I have to see his paintings and the symbols I’ve seen in the books in person to fully know his story.” Betsy Johnson, assistant curator at the Hirshhorn, said Basquiat’s original large ...