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Preview: ‘Basquiat: Boom for Real’ at the Barbican

Published 4:23 AM EDT, Wed September 20, 2017
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American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is being celebrated at <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.barbican.org.uk%2Fwhats-on%2F2017%2Fevent%2Fbasquiat-boom-for-real" target="_blank" target="_blank">"Basquiat: Boom for Real,"</a> a new exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery in London.
American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is being celebrated at "Basquiat: Boom for Real," a new exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery in London.
Courtesy New York Beat Film LLC/The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/Edo Bertoglio
"Glenn" (1984) by Jean-Michel Basquiat
"Glenn" (1984) by Jean-Michel Basquiat
Courtesy The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/Artestar
"Untitled (Pablo Picasso)" (1984) by Jean-Michel Basquiat
"Untitled (Pablo Picasso)" (1984) by Jean-Michel Basquiat
Courtesy The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/Artestar
"Self Portrait" (1984) by Jean-Michel Basquiat
"Self Portrait" (1984) by Jean-Michel Basquiat
Courtesy The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/Artestar
Jean-Michel Basquiat dancing at New York's Mudd Club in 1979.
Jean-Michel Basquiat dancing at New York's Mudd Club in 1979.
Courtesy Nicholas Taylor
"King Zulu" (1986) by Jean-Michel Basquiat
"King Zulu" (1986) by Jean-Michel Basquiat
Courtesy Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona/The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/ Artestar/Gasull Fotografia
"Hollywood Africans" (1983) by Jean-Michel Basquiat
"Hollywood Africans" (1983) by Jean-Michel Basquiat
Courtesy Whitney Museum of American Art/The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/ Artists Rights Society/ADAGP/Artestar
"Untitled" (1982) by Jean-Michel Basquiat
"Untitled" (1982) by Jean-Michel Basquiat
Courtesy The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/Artestar/Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen/Studio Tromp
"Untitled" (1980) by Jean-Michel Basquiat
"Untitled" (1980) by Jean-Michel Basquiat
Courtesy Whitney Museum of American Art/The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/ Artists Rights Society/ADAGP/Artestar
Jean-Michel Basquiat at work in 1983.
Jean-Michel Basquiat at work in 1983.
Courtesy Roland Hagenberg
"A Panel of Experts" (1982) by Jean-Michel Basquiat
"A Panel of Experts" (1982) by Jean-Michel Basquiat
Courtesy The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts/The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/Artestar/MFA, Douglas M. Parker
"Anti-Baseball Card Product" (1979) by Jean-Michel Basquiat
"Anti-Baseball Card Product" (1979) by Jean-Michel Basquiat
Courtesy Jennifer Von Holstein/The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/Artestar
"Beat Bop" vinyl record (1983) by Rammellzee vs. K-Rob, with cover artwork by Jean-Michel Basquiat
"Beat Bop" vinyl record (1983) by Rammellzee vs. K-Rob, with cover artwork by Jean-Michel Basquiat
Courtesy Jennifer Von Holstein/The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/Artestar/Justin Piperger
Jean-Michel Basquiat in Edo Bertoglio's "Downtown 81" documentary.
Jean-Michel Basquiat in Edo Bertoglio's "Downtown 81" documentary.
Courtesy New York Beat Film LLC/The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/Edo Bertoglio

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