Basquiat was an incredibly inventive street artist who grew in prominence throughout the 1980s, as he wrote epigrams across Manhattan that touched upon socially relevant themes about race and class.

Basquiat rose from an unknown artist to one of prestige, and his works feature themes of wealth versus poverty, as well as racism and colonialism within the neo-expressionism movement. Four of ...

FILE - A banner advertising an exhibit by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat hangs from the exterior of the Orlando Museum of Art, where a collection of Basquiat's paintings were on display, June 2 ...