Friends of Jean-Michel Basquiat are upset that the late artist's sisters have commercialized his legacy on products including a welcome mat. Ruggable If you want to buy a painting by Jean-Michel ...

Friends of Basquiat are furious with the late artist’s relatives, who have been commercializing his art on products he wouldn't approve. In a report by the New York Post on Nov. 15., friends of ...

Die young, stay pretty," Blondie sang on the 1979 album Eat to the Beat, and the band's friend Jean-Michel Basquiat seemed to take the advice to heart. In 1988, seven years after breaking out as a ...

Basquiat revolutionized the New York art scene with an enduring aesthetic that continues to court attention to this day. ... including Bird on Money (1982), Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump (1982), ...

Nearly a year after he was fired from Orlando Museum of Art, ex-director Aaron De Groft has broken his silence on the Basquiat scandal.

The Orlando Museum of Art has sued former CEO Aaron De Groft over a forged paintings scheme. The museum displayed dozens of forged artworks under the name of Jean-Michel Basquiat ...

Orlando Museum of Art ex-director: Basquiat plea deal a ‘cover-up’ De Groft also told Vanity Fair the museum was trying to make him a scapegoat, referring to himself as a “sacrificial lamb.” ...

Finch, who was an art history major in college, bought more than 100 drawings — some no more than scraps of paper. She believes they are Basquiat's early works, but she won't say exactly how ...

One of the most notable artists in DiCaprio's collection is Jean-Michel Basquiat, a pioneer of the 1980s New York City art scene. Basquiat's work often deals with themes of race, politics, and ...

Considering the society-reflecting power of Basquiat’s pioneering art, I refused to ignore my dad’s belief that his compositional ability resembled that of a 5-year-old. It can be daunting to teach an ...