Jean-Michel Basquiat
'Dustheads' by Jean-Michel Basquiat is on display during a preview of Christie's Impressionist and Modern Art sales in New York on May 3, 2013. Christie's is scheduled to hold its Impressionist and Modern Art sales May 8-9.
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Art of money laundering
worth US$100 was inside. Only later did US federal investigators discover that the work was by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and worth US$8 million. The painting, known as Hannibal after a word scribbled on its surface, was brought into the United States from SCMP Read more »
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Central Bank Stoking the Art Bubble
single evening of sales in auction history. The evening’s sales featured art by Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. The art market has been seeing high returns for several years now, but industry experts were still surprised by Wednesday’s from The American Interest Read more »
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The Elite Absorbs the Rebellion
Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Untitled (Julius Caesar on Gold)." NEW YORK — There are few greater ironies in modern society than the latest development in the art world. The sales of postwar and contemporary art during the week at Sotheby’s and Christie’s demonstrated from The New York Times Read more »
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Nearly Half A Billion Dollars: Christie's Holds Richest Art Auction In History
prices for 12 contemporary artists including Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein and Jean-Michel Basquiat made history on Wednesday night. The sale of postwar and contemporary art at Christie's in Rockefeller Center totaled $495 million, the highest sales figure from ArtsJournal Read more »
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Celebrity news: Basquiat painting sells for $48.8m; Emma Watson enjoys Cannes
Jean-Michel Basquiat painting has set a new auction record for the graffiti artist at a sale of postwar and contemporary art in New York. Christie’s says ‘‘Dustheads’’ sold for $48.8 million on Wednesday. His ‘‘Untitled,’’ a painting of a black fisherman, from Boston.com Read more »
