Jean-Michel Basquiat

American | 1960 - 1988

Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1960. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Whitney Museum of American Art have featured Jean-Michel Basquiat's work in the past.Jean-Michel Basquiat's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 45 USD to 110,487,500 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 110,487,500 USD for UNTITLED, sold at Sotheby's New York in 2017. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 4,726,304 USD, while his works on paper have sold for an average of 1,005,829 USD.Jean-Michel Basquiat has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for The Guardian in April 2025. The artist died in 1988.

Artist's alternative names: Basquiat

Featured for Sale

Piano Lesson ,2022

By Jean-Michel Basquiat

Hamilton Selway Fine Art

Portfolio Of Wolf Sausage, King Brand, Dog Leg Study And Undiscovered Genuis ,2019

By Jean-Michel Basquiat

Gallery Art

Foo ,1982

By Jean-Michel Basquiat

Sotheby's New York

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Dustheads ,1982

By Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Versus Medici ,1982

By Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Sugar Ray Robinson - Jean-Michel Basquiat

Sugar Ray Robinson ,1982

By Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Untitled ,1978

By Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Untitled ,1981

By Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Foo ,1982

By Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Hollywood Superstar

By Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988

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Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988 ,1983

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Current Exhibitions

Relationships: A Love Of Collecting

Orlando Museum of Art

Orlando | Florida | USA

Jan 24,2025 - May 04,2025

Reverse Alchemy: Dubuffet, Basquiat, Nava

Pace Berlin

Berlin | Germany

May 02,2025 - Jun 14,2025

Nossa Senhora do Desejo

Almeida & Dale (Rua Caconde)

Sao Paulo | Brazil

Mar 29,2025 - Jun 21,2025

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Articles

The Art World This Week: Christie鈥檚 to Sell $30 M. Basquiat, Turner Prize Shortlist Announced, $1580 eBay Magritte To Fetch Over $100k, and More

黑料不打烊 24/04/2025

Everything you need to know about the most important headlines from the world of art in the last seven days

HYPEBEAST 23/04/2025

Featuring the likes of Rashid Johnson, Sterling Ruby, Philip Guston, KAWS, Amy Sherald and more.

ArtDaily 19/04/2025

Christie's announced Baby Boom by Jean-Michel Basquiat as the top highlight of the 21st Century Evening Sale taking place on May 14 at Christie鈥檚 New York during the Spring Marquee Week (estimate: $20 鈥� 30 million).

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鈥� ..Though he is best known for his vibrantly colored figure paintings, language was in many ways his most constant medium... 鈥�
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High Museum of Art

鈥� ..Basquiat鈥檚 raw, vibrant imagery is matched by a star颅tling erudi颅tion, seen in the frag颅ments of bold, capi颅talised text that abound in his works... 鈥�
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Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt

鈥� ..By reading and rereading Basquiat鈥檚 work through various perspectives, we begin the process of understanding what this work meant to the artist when it was created and what it means today... 鈥�
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Museum of Art, Williams College

鈥� ..Inspired as much by high art 鈥� Abstract Expressionism and Conceptualism 鈥� as by jazz, sports, comics, remix culture and graffiti, Basquiat translated the world around him into a provocative visual language... 鈥�
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AGO, Art Gallery of Ontario