See Jean-Michel Basquiat’s boyhood home, New York studio, and unseen artworks in a blockbuster show curated by his family:
—take, for instance, its relatively high ticket prices: $35 general admission, or pay $65 to skip the line. But the unlike the craze for animated digital projections of famous artworks, this show has the genuine article: masterpieces that haven’t been seen in decades, safeguarded by the family but locked away from the public.
There are other interesting touches in terms of installation, such as re-creations of rooms from the family’s Boerum Hill home, and a fake façade—complete with bicycle parked outside—of the apartment and studio Basquiat rented from Andy Warhol at 57 Great Jones Street, which serves as a backdrop for animated projections of Basquiat’s handwritten notes.
Installation view of “Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure.” Photo: Ivane Katamashvili, courtesy of the Jean-Michel Basquiat Estate. Installation view of “Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure.” Photo: Ivane Katamashvili, courtesy of the Jean-Michel Basquiat Estate.
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