August 27, 2026
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Antonino La Vela Art Journal

Contemporary Art Criticism, Interviews, Essays and Visual Politics

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) was an American artist whose paintings combined graffiti, drawing, anatomical references, historical symbols and fragments of language. Emerging from New York’s downtown scene, he developed a raw and instantly recognisable visual language that confronted race, power, colonialism, fame and cultural exploitation.

This section explores Basquiat’s paintings, drawings and collaborations, as well as his relationship with street culture, Neo-Expressionism and the international art market. It also examines how an artist once associated with creative marginality became one of the most celebrated and commercially valuable figures in contemporary art.

Installation view, L’Art Brut de Jean Dubuffet, aux origines de la collection, Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne. Courtesy of Collection de l’Art Brut. Installation view, L’Art Brut de Jean Dubuffet, aux origines de la collection, Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne. Courtesy of Collection de l’Art Brut.
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Who Invented the Outsider? The Unresolved Paradox of Art Brut

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Modern art searched hospitals, streets and social margins for images the academy could no longer create. Art Brut reveals who still has the power to name the outsider.

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