Events
Performance and Talk
The Writing’s on the Wall
Monday, September 11, 2023, 6pm
Grand LA, Los Angeles
kingpleasure.basquiat.com
This event has been postponed. The new date will be announced shortly.
Join the estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat for an immersive experience blending performance and conversation, organized in conjunction with the exhibition Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure©, on view at the Grand LA through October 15. The evening will begin at 6pm with a viewing of the exhibition, followed by a live performance at 7pm by blues poet, musician, and organizer aja monet, and concluding with a discussion between monet and the artist’s sisters, Lisane Basquiat and Jeanine Heriveaux, moderated by singer Mashonda Tifrere. Delving into the profound impact of language and poetry, the audience is invited to discover the driving forces behind monet’s literary prowess and activism while decoding hidden narratives within Basquiat’s artwork.
Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1982. Photo: James Van Der Zee, courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Panel Discussion
Jean-Michel and His LA Experience
With Lisane Basquiat, Tamra Davis, Larry Gagosien, Jeanine Heriveaux, and Fred Hoffman
Wednesday, August 9, 2023, 7:30pm
Grand LA, Los Angeles
kingpleasure.basquiat.com
Larry Gagosien will discuss his experiences with Jean-Michel Basquiat in Los Angeles in the early 1980s with Tamra Davis, Fred Hoffman, and Basquiat’s sisters Lisane Basquiat and Jeanine Heriveaux in a panel conversation organized in conjunction with the exhibition Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure© at the Grand LA. All speakers had a meaningful relationship with the artist between 1982 and 1984. Gagosien presented two solo exhibitions by the artist at his gallery and allowed Basquiat to stay frequently at his house in Venice Beach. Hoffmann found a studio space for Basquiat in Venice and created a suite of prints with him. Davis drove the artist, who never learned to drive, around Los Angeles and filmed him for what would become her acclaimed documentary The Radiant Child (2010).
Larry Gagosien and Jean-Michel Basquiat, New York, 1983
Book Launch
Visions of the Self
Rembrandt and Now
Tuesday, March 17, 2020, 6:30–8:30pm
Kenwood House, London
www.english-heritage.org.uk
In the interest of public health, this event has been postponed until further notice.
Gagosien is pleased to host a drinks reception to celebrate the release of Visions of the Self: Rembrandt and Now, published on the occasion of the recent eponymous exhibition at Gagosien, Grosvenor Hill, London. Organized in partnership with English Heritage, the exhibition places Rembrandt’s masterpiece Self-Portrait with Two Circles (c. 1665) in dialogue with self-portraits by Francis Bacon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lucian Freud, and Pablo Picasso, as well as leading contemporary artists such as Georg Baselitz, Glenn Brown, Urs Fischer, Damien Hirst, Howard Hodgkin, Giuseppe Penone, Richard Prince, Jenny Saville, Cindy Sherman, and Rudolf Stingel, among others. The catalogue includes an introduction by Wendy Monkhouse, senior curator at English Heritage, and a text by art historian David Freedberg. To attend the free event, RSVP to londonevents@gagosian.com. Space is limited.
Visions of the Self: Rembrandt and Now (London: Gagosien, 2020)
Visit
Gagosien at Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées
Opening reception: Saturday, October 12, 6:30–8pm
October 12–20, 2019
Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées, Paris
galerieslafayettechampselysees.com
In celebration of FIAC in Paris, Gagosien is pleased to collaborate with Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées on a two-floor pop-up takeover featuring products related to Gagosien artists. On the first floor, the Coin Culture section will feature catalogues, posters, apparel, and audio productions. The second floor, the Library, will house an additional selection of limited-edition books, publications, and catalogues raisonnés.
Download the full press release in English (PDF) or French (PDF)
Gagosien at Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées, Paris, 2019
Tour
Visions of the Self: Rembrandt and Now
In partnership with English Heritage
Thursday, April 25, 2019, 6pm
Gagosien, Grosvenor Hill, London
Gagosien director and art historian Richard Calvocoressi will lead a tour of the exhibition Visions of the Self: Rembrandt and Now at Gagosien, Grosvenor Hill, London. Calvocoressi will take a look at postwar and contemporary masters of self-representation, anchoring the conversation to an important Rembrandt masterpiece included in the exhibition, Self-Portrait with Two Circles (c. 1665). The event has reached capacity. To join the wait list, contact londontours@gagosian.com.
Rembrandt van Rijn, Self-Portrait with Two Circles, c. 1665, English Heritage, The Iveagh Bequest (Kenwood, London). Photo: Historic England Photo Library
Museum Exhibitions
On View
Jean-Michel Basquiat
King Pleasure©
Through October 15, 2023
Grand LA, Los Angeles
kingpleasure.basquiat.com
Organized and curated by the family of Jean-Michel Basquiat, this exhibition of more than two hundred never-before-seen and rarely shown paintings, drawings, and artifacts tells Basquiat’s story from an intimate perspective, intertwining his artistic endeavors with his personal life, influences, and the times in which he lived. Immersive environments showcase Basquiat’s contributions to the history of art and his explorations of multifaceted cultural phenomena—including music, pop culture, and the Black experience—providing insight into his creative life and his singular voice. This exhibition has traveled from the Starrett-Lehigh Building, New York.
Installation view, Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure©, Grand LA, Los Angeles, March 31–October 15, 2023. Artwork © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York
On View
The Inner Island
Through November 4, 2023
Fondation Carmignac, Porquerolles, France
www.fondationcarmignac.com
This exhibition, which features more than eighty works by fifty artists, presents visitors with new, unknown worlds floating outside familiar geographies and temporalities. The artists included break away from reality, bringing to life fictional, mental, and abstract islands. Work by Harold Ancart, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Alexander Calder, Helen Frankenthaler, Simon Hantaï, Roy Lichtenstein, Albert Oehlen, and Christopher Wool is included.
Helen Frankenthaler, Overture, 1992 © 2023 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Opening Soon
El eco de Picasso
October 3, 2023–March 31, 2024
Museo Picasso Málaga, Spain
museopicassomalaga.org
Organized as part of Picasso Celebración—1973–2023, a series of international exhibitions and events commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Pablo Picasso’s death, The Echo of Picasso focuses on his influence on twentieth-century art. The exhibition places Picasso’s practice in dialogue with work by more than fifty artists, including Francis Bacon, Georg Baselitz, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Willem de Kooning, Thomas Houseago, Ewa Juszkiewicz, Richard Prince, Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Cy Twombly, Tom Wesselmann, and Franz West.
Richard Prince, Untitled (Picasso), 2011, Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, Madrid © Richard Prince. Photo: Pablo Asenjo
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Basquiat × Warhol
À Quatre Mains
April 5–August 28, 2023
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris
www.fondationlouisvuitton.fr
From 1984 to 1985, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol produced around 160 canvases together, “four-handed.” This exhibition, whose subtitle translates to With Four Hands, brings together more than three hundred works and documents, including eighty jointly signed canvases as well as individual works by each artist. Also included are works by fellow members of the 1980s New York art scene.
Installation view, Basquiat × Warhol: À Quatre Mains, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, April 5–August 28, 2023. Artwork © Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat Licensed by Artestar, New York, 2023 and © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Licensed by ADAGP, Paris. Photo: Marc Domage, courtesy Fondation Louis Vuitton
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Basquiat
The Modena Paintings
June 11–August 27, 2023
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel
www.fondationbeyeler.ch
In the summer of 1982, Jean-Michel Basquiat traveled to Modena, Italy, at the invitation of gallerist Emilio Mazzoli to produce new works for a solo exhibition. Within a few days, the twenty-one-year-old artist had painted eight large-format canvases, some of which are now among his most celebrated and valuable works. The planned exhibition ultimately did not take place, and the works were never shown together. More than forty years later, the full cycle of Modena Paintings, which are now held in collections in the United States, Asia, and Switzerland, are being displayed together at Fondation Beyeler for the very first time.
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Profit 1, 1982 © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York. Photo: Robert Bayer
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The Culture
Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century
April 5–July 16, 2023
Baltimore Museum of Art
artbma.org
Coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of hip-hop, this exhibition aims to capture the influence the genre has had on contemporary society through more than ninety works. Including painting, sculpture, photography, installations, video, and fashion, the show is organized around six themes—language, brand, adornment, tribute, ascension, and pose. Work by Derrick Adams, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Deana Lawson is included.
Derrick Adams, Heir to the Throne, 2021 © Derrick Adams Studio
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Hors-Les-Murs Gribouillage–Scarabocchio
De Léonard de Vinci à Cy Twombly
February 19–April 30, 2023
Beaux-Arts de Paris
www.beauxartsparis.fr
This exhibition, whose title translates to Outside the Walls Scribbling and Doodling: From Leonardo da Vinci to Cy Twombly, includes nearly three hundred original works from the Renaissance to the present day and aims to shed light on these unconventional and often overlooked aspects of the practice of drawing. By exploring scribbling and doodling, from sketches scribbled on the backs of canvases to expansive doodles conceived as artworks in themselves, the show unveils how these experimental, transgressive, regressive, or liberating mark-making gestures, which appear to flout all laws and conventions, have punctuated the history of artistic creation. This exhibition traveled from the Villa Medici–Académie de France à Rome. Work by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Pablo Picasso, and Cy Twombly is included.
Cy Twombly, Untitled (North African Sketchbook), 1953 (page II) © Cy Twombly Foundation
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To Begin Again
Artists and Childhood
October 6, 2022–February 26, 2023
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
www.icaboston.org
To Begin Again investigates the influence of childhood and children on visual artists from the early twentieth century to today. Through painting, sculpture, photography, installation, and video by a group of forty international and intergenerational artists, this exhibition illustrates the diverse experiences of this phase of life and engages childhood as an intellectual query into language and learning. Work by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Duane Hanson is included.
Duane Hanson, Child with Puzzle, 1978 © 2023 Estate of Duane Hanson/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Jean-Michel Basquiat
King Pleasure©
April 9, 2022–January 1, 2023
Starrett-Lehigh Building, New York
kingpleasure.basquiat.com
Organized and curated by the family of Jean-Michel Basquiat, this exhibition of more than two hundred never-before-seen and rarely shown paintings, drawings, and artifacts tells Basquiat’s story from an intimate perspective, intertwining his artistic endeavors with his personal life, influences, and the times in which he lived. With an exhibition design by Adjaye Associates, immersive environments showcase Basquiat’s contributions to the history of art and his explorations of multifaceted cultural phenomena—including music, pop culture, and the Black experience—providing insight into his creative life and his singular voice.
Installation view, Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure©, Starrett-Lehigh Building, New York, April 9, 2022–January 1, 2023. Artwork © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York. Photo: Ivane Katamashvili
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Take Care
Art and Medicine
April 8–July 17, 2022
Kunsthaus Zürich
www.kunsthaus.ch
This group exhibition aims to explore the timeless human preoccupation with health by retracing key moments in medical history from the nineteenth century to present day. More than three hundred works, including drawing, painting, sculpture, video, spatial installation, and performance, examine the productive interplay of sickness, pain, medicine, care, and healing. Work by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Duane Hanson, and Damien Hirst is included.
Duane Hanson, Medical Doctor, 1992–94 © 2022 Estate of Duane Hanson/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Gribouillage/Scarabocchio
Da Leonardo da Vinci a Cy Twombly
March 3–May 22, 2022
Villa Medici–Académie de France à Rome
www.villamedici.it
This exhibition, whose title translates to Scribbling and Doodling: From Leonardo da Vinci to Cy Twombly, includes nearly three hundred original works from the Renaissance to the present day and aims to shed light on these unconventional and often overlooked aspects of the practice of drawing. By exploring scribbling and doodling, from sketches scribbled on the backs of canvases to expansive doodles conceived as artworks in themselves, the exhibition unveils how these experimental, transgressive, regressive, or liberating mark-making gestures, which appear to flout all laws and conventions, have punctuated the history of artistic creation. Work by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Pablo Picasso, and Cy Twombly is included.
Cy Twombly, Untitled (North African Sketchbook), 1953 (page X) © Cy Twombly Foundation
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On the Edge
Los Angeles Art, 1970s–1990s, from the Joan and Jack Quinn Family Collection
September 30, 2021–April 2, 2022
Bakersfield Museum of Art, California
www.bmoa.org
This exhibition highlights 150 works from the collection of Joan and Jack Quinn, which was primarily amassed between the 1970s and the 1990s. Many of their holdings were collected directly from the artists and have never changed hands or been shown publicly. The artworks they were drawn to are defined by a spirit of nonconformity, a play of new materials, a celebration of light, and the “California cool” ethos. Work by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Frank Gehry, and Ed Ruscha is included.
Ed Ruscha, Double Standard #36/40, 1969 © Ed Ruscha