Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Art rebels Basquiat and Schiele face off in Paris shows

October 3, 2018

by Jean-Louis DE LA VAISSIERE / Fiachra GIBBONS Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Two new major exhibitions opening in Paris on Wednesday counterpoint the work of a pair of art world rebels — Jean-Michel Basquiat and Egon Schiele. Although the black New Yorker who began as a graffiti artist and the early 20th-century Viennese painter came from very different worlds and eras, both lived hard, died young and battled their demons on canvas. […]

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Japanese billionaire mystery buyer of Basquiat painting

May 13, 2016

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A Japanese billionaire is the mystery art collector behind the $57.3 million purchase of a huge self-portrait by Jean-Michel Basquiat at auction earlier this week, his art foundation said Thursday. “Jean-Michel Basquiat is coming to Japan,” businessman Yusaku Maezaw wrote on his Instagram account, posing in front of the painting. Maezawa, who made his fortune in the clothing trade, bought seven works of art in two days for a […]

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