Fashion is having a love affair with Jean-Michel Basquiat. But it’s not like any other instance where the industry is posthumously appreciating an artist. Rather, it’s a story of ...

Basquiat didnt conform to standard conventions of what a great artist looked like in a time when the world of painting was ...

show the artist’s ability to depict the haunting power of the city. Diamond is often grouped with Neo-Expressionists like Basquiat, but she shunned the idea that her paintings were about emotion ...

In the 1970s, Basquiat gained attention as a graffiti artist for his scrawled phrases and pictograms of crowns and copyright signs. By 1981, he had abandoned the walls of buildings for canvas.

At Thursday's event, local gallerist Bill Stelling shared stories about what it was like to work with Basquiat and other artists. Now active in the local arts and culture scene, including on the ...