Let’s Talk About Art: Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s powerful 1982 painting of a skull brought $110.5 million at Sotheby’s, to become the sixth most expensive work ever sold at an auction and the highest price ever paid for an American artist’s work.

Join art expert Joseph Field, as he sheds light on how this graffiti artist from Brooklyn ascended the very top of the art world before his untimely death at age 27 and his enduring legacy today.











When: Fri., Jun. 7, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Where: The 92nd Street Y, New York
1395 Lexington Ave.
212-415-5500
Price: $29
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Jean-Michel Basquiat’s powerful 1982 painting of a skull brought $110.5 million at Sotheby’s, to become the sixth most expensive work ever sold at an auction and the highest price ever paid for an American artist’s work.

Join art expert Joseph Field, as he sheds light on how this graffiti artist from Brooklyn ascended the very top of the art world before his untimely death at age 27 and his enduring legacy today.

Buy tickets/get more info now