Jean-Michel Basquiat was one of the best-selling artists at the auction in 2021, with more than a dozen of his works selling for upwards of $400 million collectively, as his larger-than-life paintings experience a renaissance more than 30 years after his sudden death at age 27.
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In this case is a massive painting of one of the artist's trademark skulls that sold for $93.1 million in May, making it the second most expensive artwork sold publicly this year.
Only four of the artist's paintings have brought in more than 40 million dollars at auction, and three of them have done so this year.
The portrait of Basquiat by Warhol sold for more than 40 million dollars in November, and Christie's representatives believe that the image will one day be as well-known as Warhol's other popular portraits.
The Black Lives Matter movement has pushed the art industry to look at artists of color and their work in a different light.
One of his paintings, "Defacement (The Death of Michael Stewart)," depicts police brutality and was inspired by Michael Stewart, a Black artist who died after he was allegedly beaten by a police officer.
The artist has been introduced to a younger generation through his estate's frequent collaborations with brands like Coach and Dr. Martens and the inclusion of one of his paintings in a Tiffany's advertisement starring Bey and Jay-Z.
'In This Case' by Jean-Michel Basquiat is on display during a preview of the upcoming 21st Century.
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The opening of the first exhibition by his family was announced last week. More than 200 rarely-seen works by the artist will be on display in New York.
The upcoming Contemporary Art Evening Auction will be held at the New York City location of the auction house.
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A father from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and a mother from a Brooklyn family of Puerto Rican descent are the parents of the artist. When he was 7 years old, he was hit by a car and spent months in the hospital. To keep him entertained, Basquiat's mother gave him a copy of the human anatomy reference book "Gray's Anatomy," which the artist would be inspired by for the rest of his life and which influenced his depictions of the human body, especially the skull. The graffiti duo SAMO with his school friend Al Diaz began their art career in the late 1970’s. They tagged buildings on the Lower East Side. The first painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat was sold to a singer for $200. By the mid- 1980s, Basquiat was earning seven figures a year, according to the report. As he dealt with his newfound fame and wealth, Basquiat struggled with drug use. According to the New York Times, after his death from a heroin overdose in 1988, the artist was angry that he was a black man who had been rejected by an all-white jury of artistic powers.
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A Jean-Michel Basquiat painting sold for over 40 million dollars at an auction.
The most expensive Western artwork will be auctioned in Asia.
An artwok titled "The Guilt of Gold Teeth" by Jean-Michel Basquiat is on display during the "20-21st... [+] Centruy Evening Sale" auction photocall at Christies.
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