Jean-Michel Basquiat
The rise and fall of a New York graffiti artist
Witness History: Archive 2014 · BBC World Service
February 17, 20148m 53s
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Show Notes
In the early 1980s a young black graffiti artist took the New York art world by storm. Soon, his paintings were selling for huge sums but he would die before the decade was out. Hear from Patti Astor who knew him in his heyday.
Photo: Jean-Michel Basquiat painting titled "Dustheads" sold at Christies in NY for over $48 million in 2013 (AP/Christie"s)