Jean-Michel Basquiat (December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist. His career in art began as a graffiti artist in New York City in the late 1970s, and in the 1980s produced Neo-expressionist painting. Basquiat died of a heroin overdose on August 12, 1988, at the age of 27.
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Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Downtown '81
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
