Jean-Michel Basquiat
July 17, 2017
Jean-Michel Basquiat's 1982 "Untitled" recently sold for $110.5 million dollars, making it the most expensive American work ever sold. In this episode the Babe's highlight the life and work of this revolutionary neo-expressionist, discuss what this sale means for the art market, and put the kibosh on the term "primitivism".
Sources
Marshall, Richard. Jean-Michel Basquiat. Whitney Museum of American Art, 1992.
Links
CNBC - Who Is Basquiat Buyer Yusaku Maezawa?
http://artistsinspireartists.com/painting/good-bad-andy-warhol-jean-michael-basquiat-collaboration
http://www.complex.com/style/2013/01/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-jean-michel-basquiat/basquiat-6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvrwT3Nrb3s&t=4477s
Salvador Dali Bonus
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-features/7750501/My-weekend-with-Salvador-Dali.html