With a single post on Instagram, Yusaku Maezawa announced not only his purchase of an $110.5 million Basquiat masterpiece, and his place in auction history, but arguably signalled a new era for art in Japan. The price, a record for the artist, is reminiscent of 1980s Japan when corporate big-spenders splashed out on Impressionist art … Read more
A 1982 untitled Basquiat sold for $110.5 million in New York on Thursday, setting a new auction record for the US artist in Sotheby’s flagship post-war and contemporary art sale, the auction house said. Jean-Michel Basquiat, the US wonderkid of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent, who died in 1988 of an overdose at the age … Read more
Jean-Michel Basquiat occupies star billing on the auction block in New York this season, catapulting the artist into the rostrum of 20th century greats nearly three decades after his death. Riding high on last year’s $57 million auction record set when a Japanese billionaire snapped up a self-portrait, at least 14 works by the US … Read more
In the 1970s, DJs, dancers, graffiti artists and the first rappers came together in the burned-out buildings of The Bronx, giving birth to hip-hop. Today, hip-hop is a multibillion-dollar industry and The Bronx is on the mend, but New York’s northernmost borough is struggling to capitalize on its heritage. Hip-hop began at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue … Read more
US election aftermath: List of post-election hate crimes gets longer Bigotry and hate crimes have turned into reality for Americans after Donald Trump’s presidential win Fears of heightened bigotry and hate crimes have turned into reality for some Americans after Donald Trump’s presidential win. And the list of incidents keeps growing. The Southern Poverty Law … Read more