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Not every artist changed the way we see emotion through art the way Basquiat did. From anatomy books to chaotic masterpieces, his work always explored what lived beneath the surface.
Not every artist changed the way we see emotion through art the way Basquiat did. From anatomy books to chaotic masterpieces, his work always explored what lived beneath the surface.
Jean-Michel Basquiat reflects on creativity and his views of the art world. In a world constantly trying to shape you through trends and expectations, your greatest strength as a creative is staying grounded in your own instincts. Don’t wait for the perfect environment or approval from others to start Work with what you have, even if it’s a cramped apartment, or a small messy room. Learn to trust that your raw, unpolished voice has value. As you grow, you’ll look back and cringe at what you didn’t know But that’s proof you’re evolving. And as the noise of the art world or any industry grows louder, resist the pull to play its game. Protect your vision, stay close to what first inspired you, and let that guiding impulse shape everything you do. 🎥 The Radiant Child #basquiat #inspiration
Jean-Michel Basquiat reflects on creativity and his views of the art world. In a world constantly trying to shape you through trends and expectations, your greatest strength as a creative is staying grounded in your own instincts. Don’t wait for the perfect environment or approval from others to start Work with what you have, even if it’s a cramped apartment, or a small messy room. Learn to trust that your raw, unpolished voice has value. As you grow, you’ll look back and cringe at what you didn’t know But that’s proof you’re evolving. And as the noise of the art world or any industry grows louder, resist the pull to play its game. Protect your vision, stay close to what first inspired you, and let that guiding impulse shape everything you do. 🎥 The Radiant Child #basquiat #inspiration
We often talk about Jean-Michel Basquiat as a myth. “Basquiat - Headstrong” focuses on his work and one central motif: the head! Last week, we toured the exhibition at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (@louisianamuseum) with Curator and Head of Acquisitions Anders Kold. The exhibition zeroes in on a rarely seen body of work: drawings in oilstick on paper, mostly from 1981–1983. Basquiat kept these works to himself during his lifetime. They weren’t studies or sketches — they were something more private. Gone are many of the words and symbols that shaped his public image. In their place are faces caught between structure and collapse, with gritted teeth, frantic energy, and eyes that feel turned inward. They reveal not only Basquiat’s command of drawing, but a more private emotional register beneath the public image. Basquiat - Headstrong Jan 30–May 17, 2026 Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Humlebæk 🇩🇰 Artwork: © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York.
We often talk about Jean-Michel Basquiat as a myth. “Basquiat - Headstrong” focuses on his work and one central motif: the head! Last week, we toured the exhibition at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (@louisianamuseum) with Curator and Head of Acquisitions Anders Kold. The exhibition zeroes in on a rarely seen body of work: drawings in oilstick on paper, mostly from 1981–1983. Basquiat kept these works to himself during his lifetime. They weren’t studies or sketches — they were something more private. Gone are many of the words and symbols that shaped his public image. In their place are faces caught between structure and collapse, with gritted teeth, frantic energy, and eyes that feel turned inward. They reveal not only Basquiat’s command of drawing, but a more private emotional register beneath the public image. Basquiat - Headstrong Jan 30–May 17, 2026 Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Humlebæk 🇩🇰 Artwork: © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York.
Basquiat’s art focused on dichotomies such as wealth versus poverty, integration versus segregation, and inner versus outer experience. He appropriated poetry, drawing, and painting, and married text and image, abstraction, figuration, and historical information mixed with contemporary critique. He used social commentary in his paintings as a tool for introspection and for identifying with his experiences in the black community, as well as attacks on power structures and systems of racism.Basquiat died at the age of 27 in 1988 of a heroin overdose. Since then, his work has steadily increased in value. In 2017, Untitled, a 1982 painting depicting a black skull with red and yellow rivulets, sold for a record-breaking $110.5 million, becoming one of the most expensive paintings ever purchased. Rest in peace to a legend.
Basquiat’s art focused on dichotomies such as wealth versus poverty, integration versus segregation, and inner versus outer experience. He appropriated poetry, drawing, and painting, and married text and image, abstraction, figuration, and historical information mixed with contemporary critique. He used social commentary in his paintings as a tool for introspection and for identifying with his experiences in the black community, as well as attacks on power structures and systems of racism.Basquiat died at the age of 27 in 1988 of a heroin overdose. Since then, his work has steadily increased in value. In 2017, Untitled, a 1982 painting depicting a black skull with red and yellow rivulets, sold for a record-breaking $110.5 million, becoming one of the most expensive paintings ever purchased. Rest in peace to a legend.
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s monumental ‘Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown)’ is on view starting tomorrow at #SothebysNewYork. It’ll star in The Contemporary Evening Auction this May. Belonging to a suite of 12 towering canvases that Basquiat painted in 1983, ‘Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown)’ stands among the most significant and complex works ever created by the artist. It represents a moment in Basquiat’s career when his visual language reached an extraordinary level of clarity, ambition and scale. ‘Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown)’ is installed at our new headquarters at the Breuer and available for viewing tomorrow through 15 March, before traveling to Sotheby’s Hong Kong, Los Angeles, and London. It’ll then return to Madison Avenue as a highlight of The New York Sales, presented by @celine. Learn more about this seminal work and the upcoming exhibition at the link in our bio.
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s monumental ‘Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown)’ is on view starting tomorrow at #SothebysNewYork. It’ll star in The Contemporary Evening Auction this May. Belonging to a suite of 12 towering canvases that Basquiat painted in 1983, ‘Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown)’ stands among the most significant and complex works ever created by the artist. It represents a moment in Basquiat’s career when his visual language reached an extraordinary level of clarity, ambition and scale. ‘Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown)’ is installed at our new headquarters at the Breuer and available for viewing tomorrow through 15 March, before traveling to Sotheby’s Hong Kong, Los Angeles, and London. It’ll then return to Madison Avenue as a highlight of The New York Sales, presented by @celine. Learn more about this seminal work and the upcoming exhibition at the link in our bio.
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT More than three decades after its release, Basquiat (1996), directed by Julian Schnabel, remains one of the most poignant cinematic portraits of the New York art scene that transformed contemporary culture. In the film, Jeffrey Wright embodies Jean-Michel Basquiat with remarkable intensity, while David Bowie delivers a memorable portrayal of Andy Warhol, capturing the complexity of a friendship shaped by admiration, collaboration, vulnerability, and the pressures of fame. Far beyond biography, the film evokes a moment when art, music, and underground culture converged in downtown Manhattan, revealing the human stories behind two figures whose creative dialogue continues to resonate today. A quiet reminder that behind every iconic image lies a relationship, and behind every artistic revolution, a shared history. 🎥 Basquiat (1996), directed by Julian Schnabel. #arttyco #jeanmichelbasquiat #andywarhol #artfilm #contemporaryart
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT More than three decades after its release, Basquiat (1996), directed by Julian Schnabel, remains one of the most poignant cinematic portraits of the New York art scene that transformed contemporary culture. In the film, Jeffrey Wright embodies Jean-Michel Basquiat with remarkable intensity, while David Bowie delivers a memorable portrayal of Andy Warhol, capturing the complexity of a friendship shaped by admiration, collaboration, vulnerability, and the pressures of fame. Far beyond biography, the film evokes a moment when art, music, and underground culture converged in downtown Manhattan, revealing the human stories behind two figures whose creative dialogue continues to resonate today. A quiet reminder that behind every iconic image lies a relationship, and behind every artistic revolution, a shared history. 🎥 Basquiat (1996), directed by Julian Schnabel. #arttyco #jeanmichelbasquiat #andywarhol #artfilm #contemporaryart
🎨How does a young artist go from living on the street to dating Madonna and selling paintings for tens of thousands of dollars in just two years? Jean-Michel Basquiat was a law unto himself, packing an entire career, from emergence and maturity to fame and decline, into a tiny seven-year window. Join James Fox (@jamesfox283) and Alastair Sooke in ‘Stories of Art’ as they explore the meteoric rise and raw genius of this modern master. 📍 Listen now via our link in bio. Don’t forget to hit follow so you never miss an episode! #HENI #Basquiat #ArtHistory #StoriesOfArt #ArtPodcast
🎨How does a young artist go from living on the street to dating Madonna and selling paintings for tens of thousands of dollars in just two years? Jean-Michel Basquiat was a law unto himself, packing an entire career, from emergence and maturity to fame and decline, into a tiny seven-year window. Join James Fox (@jamesfox283) and Alastair Sooke in ‘Stories of Art’ as they explore the meteoric rise and raw genius of this modern master. 📍 Listen now via our link in bio. Don’t forget to hit follow so you never miss an episode! #HENI #Basquiat #ArtHistory #StoriesOfArt #ArtPodcast
Before the walls are finished and the doors open, @franklinsirmans takes us inside “Basquiat: Figures, Signs, Symbols.” Featuring nearly a dozen masterworks spanning four pivotal years in Jean-Michel Basquiat’s career, the exhibition explores the artist’s rich visual language of figures, signs, symbols, history, culture, and identity. Opening tomorrow, June 25. Kenneth C. Griffin Collection. Artwork © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York.
Before the walls are finished and the doors open, @franklinsirmans takes us inside “Basquiat: Figures, Signs, Symbols.” Featuring nearly a dozen masterworks spanning four pivotal years in Jean-Michel Basquiat’s career, the exhibition explores the artist’s rich visual language of figures, signs, symbols, history, culture, and identity. Opening tomorrow, June 25. Kenneth C. Griffin Collection. Artwork © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York.
Who would win the Basquiat-collecting competition: @jayz, or @aliciakeys & @therealswizzz? 🤔🎨 At the link in bio, the art-world power couple sits down for an interview with GQ's @the_summerman to talk all things art, collecting, and their their “Giants” exhibition at @mcasandiego.
Who would win the Basquiat-collecting competition: @jayz, or @aliciakeys & @therealswizzz? 🤔🎨 At the link in bio, the art-world power couple sits down for an interview with GQ's @the_summerman to talk all things art, collecting, and their their “Giants” exhibition at @mcasandiego.
In Julian Schnabel’s 1996 film Basquiat, he was portrayed by Jeffrey Wright in a breakthrough, critically praised performance, while David Bowie played Andy Warhol, bringing star power to the movie’s portrait of their fraught creative friendship and the downtown New York art scene. #Basquiat
In Julian Schnabel’s 1996 film Basquiat, he was portrayed by Jeffrey Wright in a breakthrough, critically praised performance, while David Bowie played Andy Warhol, bringing star power to the movie’s portrait of their fraught creative friendship and the downtown New York art scene. #Basquiat
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU HATE BASQUIAT? 🤷🏾‍♂️🎨🐐🔥 #reels #art #Basquiat #viral #siphesihlentsungwana
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU HATE BASQUIAT? 🤷🏾‍♂️🎨🐐🔥 #reels #art #Basquiat #viral #siphesihlentsungwana
Everyone knows the name. But do they know the person? Directors @quinnwilsonn and @righteouscinema sat down with us to talk about Jean-Michel the first Basquiat documentary made with his family, told through the eyes of his sisters. Their hope: that when you leave, you feel like you actually spent time with him. World premiere June 5 at #Tribeca25th, presented by City National Bank (@citynationalbank). Get tickets at the link in bio 🎨
Everyone knows the name. But do they know the person? Directors @quinnwilsonn and @righteouscinema sat down with us to talk about Jean-Michel the first Basquiat documentary made with his family, told through the eyes of his sisters. Their hope: that when you leave, you feel like you actually spent time with him. World premiere June 5 at #Tribeca25th, presented by City National Bank (@citynationalbank). Get tickets at the link in bio 🎨
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