In Conversation
Tamra Davis and Brian Williams on Jean-Michel Basquiat
Moderated by Fred Hoffman
Tuesday, April 2, 2024, 6:30pm
Gagosian, Beverly Hills
Join Gagosian for a conversation between filmmaker Tamra Davis and photographer Brian Williams inside Jean-Michel Basquiat: Made on Market Street at the Beverly Hills gallery. The talk is moderated by Fred Hoffman, who curated the exhibition with Larry Gagosian and is the author of The Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat. The first exhibition to focus exclusively on the works Basquiat produced in Los Angeles, Made on Market Street reflects on this consequential period in his career. During his time in LA, Davis drove the artist, who never learned to drive, around the city and filmed him for what would become her acclaimed documentary Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (2010). Williams, who was Basquiat’s former studio assistant, captured the artist at work during these years and will share never-before-seen archival photographs and footage during the talk.
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Jean-Michel Basquiat with Gold Griot (1984) and M (1984) in his studio at 21 Market Street, Venice, California, spring 1984. Artwork © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York. Photo: B.Dub/Brian D. Williams
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The Writing’s on the Wall
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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
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Jean-Michel and His LA Experience
With Lisane Basquiat, Tamra Davis, Larry Gagosian, Jeanine Heriveaux, and Fred Hoffman
Wednesday, August 9, 2023, 7:30pm
Grand LA, Los Angeles
kingpleasure.basquiat.com
Larry Gagosian 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. Gagosian 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 Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (2010).
Larry Gagosian and Jean-Michel Basquiat, New York, 1983
Art Fair
West Bund Art & Design 2021
November 12–14, 2021, booth A102
West Bund Art Center, Shanghai
westbundshanghai.com
Gagosian is pleased to participate in the eighth edition of West Bund Art & Design. The gallery will present works by Balthus, Georg Baselitz, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Glenn Brown, Helen Frankenthaler, Katharina Grosse, Mark Grotjahn, Damien Hirst, Thomas Houseago, Tetsuya Ishida, Alex Israel, Takashi Murakami, Albert Oehlen, Nam June Paik, Sterling Ruby, Ed Ruscha, Rudolf Stingel, Spencer Sweeney, Zao Wou-Ki, and Zeng Fanzhi, among others.
To receive a pdf with detailed information on the works, please contact the gallery at inquire@gagosian.com.
Tetsuya Ishida, Untitled (Planting Trees), 2000 © Estate of Tetsuya Ishida
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