The people who run the Brooklyn Museum have a new retrospective of work by Jean-Michel Basquiat, and they are doing their best right now to summon the spirit of the ’80s. Basquiat, who died in 1988 at ...
SOHO, Manhattan (WABC) -- The downtown art scene in the '80s was legendary, especially when it came to the work of Keith Haring. Even 30 years after his death, Haring's art is everywhere. His familiar ...
Commuting amidst the self-expression of the city's ink-enthusiast youngsters. New York City, 1980. (Credit: Barbara Alper via Getty Images) Herein lies the ink-stained testament of NYC native and ...
Mary Boone stages a comeback at Lévy Gorvy Dayan gallery, taking a fresh look at the decade’s groundbreaking artists, from Basquiat and Haring, to Julian Schnabel and Cindy Sherman. From the front, ...
GRAFFITINSPIRE, an exhibition curated by Carmelo Alvarez at the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles (photo by Khalid Farquharson, courtesy Goethe-Institut Los Angeles) LOS ANGELES — Jose "Prime" Reza was 11 ...
On this last weekend of Hispanic Heritage Month, as part of our “Hidden Histories” series, we hear the story of Lady Pink, a graffiti artist who has helped bring the medium into the mainstream and ...
Keith Haring was known for his colorful graffiti-style art and his AIDS activism. The late artist's work and life are the focus of a new museum exhibit in Los Angeles. A Los Angeles museum is ...
NEW YORK — It’s hard to imagine many people becoming emotional over a nondescript alley in downtown New York. But illustrator and graphic novelist Richard McGuire sounded downright wistful as he gazed ...
Lego’s new building kit will turn your wall into an ode to ’80s graffiti art. The latest in Lego’s art-inspired sets is a customizable brick-built version of Keith Haring’s dancing figures, an ...
On this last weekend of Hispanic Heritage Month, as part of our “Hidden Histories” series, we hear the story of Lady Pink, a graffiti artist who has helped bring the medium into the mainstream and ...