Basquiat

Orlando Museum of Art Exterior
Orlando Museum of Art’s Ongoing Lawsuit For Basquiat Forgeries

It seems that the Orlando Museum of Art (OMA) still finds itself embroiled in a messy scandal which shook the institution back in 2022. After 25 paintings on cardboard canvases were debunked…

Jamian Juliano-Villani, Spaghettios, 2023. Oil on canvas. 73 x 83 1/2 inches (185.4 x 212.1 cm)
Jamian Juliano-Villani's Gagosian Show Doesn't Give Easy Answers
Jamian Juliano-Villani's exhibition, 'It,' at Gagosian doesn't give easy answers, but gets us thinking.
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Hollywood Africans, 1983. Acrylic and oil stick on canvas. 84 1/8 x 84 inches (213.5 x 213.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Douglas S. Cramer
Gagosian's Star-Studded Basquiat Opening and More News
Almost 42 years after Jean-Michel Basquiat’s first exhibition in Los Angeles, Gagosian is staging a new exhibition featuring work that Basquiat produced in Los Angeles.
Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol in a still from “The Ride” by Paige Powell at the Portland Art Museum
Travis Kelce to Finance Basquiat Documentary and More News
Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end Taylor Swift squeeze Travis Kelce will finance the documentary Basquiat: King Pleasure, Riken Yamamoto wins the Pritzker Prize, and more news.
Still from the film, Anselm
7 Art Films to Beat the Winter Weather
In these final chilly days of winter, Art & Object offers a selection of interesting films to watch about artists and the art world. Enjoy!
From Thad Mumford’s storage unit, said to be by Basquiat, “Untitled (Self-portrait with his cowboy hat and wearing Leonardo da Vinci’s flying suit),” from 1982 on corrugated cardboard.
The Crazy Story of Fake Basquiats in Orlando

If you haven’t been keeping up with what’s going on at the Orlando Museum of Art, buckle in, this one is weird and getting more interesting by the day. Last…

Still from At Eternity’s Gate - Official Trailer - HD (Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Mads Mikkelsen).
From Hines to Christo: How Artists Influence Other Artists
“Good artists borrow, great artists steal.” —attributed to Pablo Picasso
Jean-Michel Basquiat painting of three heads and lots of text on a yellow and blue background
Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation
The exhibition uniquely positions the iconic artist among a community of peers who were also at the forefront of post-graffiti, a transformative moment in American art.