The Making of an Icon” reveals details about the artist’s life and the forces that shaped his market rise after his death.

Thanks to a handful of money men, the neo-expressionist – who died in 1988 – has been transformed from New York scenester ...

The Studio Museum in Harlem is preparing to reopen its doors on Nov. 15, revealing not only a striking new building but also ...

Since his tragic death from an overdose at just 27 years old in 1988, street artist Jean-Michel Basquiat has become an art-market darling and near-legendary figure, the subject of seemingly countless ...

Ahead of its public reopening on November 15, the Studio Museum in Harlem showed off its new building to the press on ...

Didn't snag one of the 50,000 tickets for the Brant Foundation's sold-out Basquiat show? Don't despair. Jean-Michel Basquiat, Peter and the Wolf (1985). Collection of the Robert Lehman Revocable Trust ...

A former Christie’s president examines the meteoric rise of the “radiant child”, and his legacy following his untimely death ...

A bizarre spat has broken out in the Warhol-era art set over who “killed” Jean-Michel Basquiat. Author Anthony Haden-Guest is complaining bitterly that Factory alum and journalist Glenn O’Brien has ...

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 ...

The Basquiat estate is fighting back against the release of nude images of Jean-Michel Basquiat. The images, which show the late artist lying naked on a bed and smiling at the camera, were taken by ...

The New York apartment where Jean-Michel Basquiat lived and worked for the last five years of his life has hit the rental market for $60,000 a month, as demand for the late artist’s work continues to ...