Basquiat: Boom for Real at the Barbican Art Gallery

Jean-Michel Basquiat propelled himself from tagging walls in New York to becoming an artistic prodigy within a short lifespan. Deeply ambitious, he was a self-taught artist who created a whole new language of painting. Basquiat was an exciting and talented artist whose dense paintings compress together the experience of African-Americans with the modern worlds of film, television, sport and music.

Basquiat: Boom for Real
Barbican Art Gallery
21 September 2017 – 28 January 2018