The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation - Artists and Greenwich Village Series: Jean-Michel Basquiat

The second of two panels which reminisce about the New Wave scene that filled the East Village and Lower East Side with astonishing art and music for a brief five years, 1978 to 1983, and brought two extraordinary young artists, Keith Haring and Jean-Michael Basquiat, into the limelight.

Jean-Michel Basquiat: Graffiti and Glory

Brooklyn-born Jean-Michel Basquiat (d. 1988) began spray-painting graffiti art on New York City buildings at the age of 16. Within two years, the Village Voice had published an article about his street art and he had made the acquaintance of Andy Warhol and begun showing at the Annina Nosei Gallery in SoHo. While living in the East Village, Basquiat immersed himself in the downtown arts scene, including New Wave music and film as well as art. The gallerist Annina Nosei, a friend of Basquiat’s, is one of a distinguished panel of speakers who look back at his life and work and discuss his continuing influence, with particular reference to his time in the Village.

Sponsored by the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation and The New School for Public Engagement.