Jean Michel Basquiat: Last News

EXCLUSIVE: Melissa Barrera is no longer with WME.

Boy bands from multiple eras will be featured in the new Paramount+ documentary Larger Than Life: Reign of the Boybands, premiering November 12. The trailer can be viewed above.

EXCLUSIVE: British writer, director, and producer Alex Marx will make his feature debut with The Queen of Fashion, a long-gestating biopic of fashion editor, stylist, and iconoclast Isabella Blow, with Academy Award nominee Andrea Riseborough set to produce and play the lead role.

paid tribute to her father in a Facebook post.“Wherever you drifted off to, I know everything just got livelier,” she wrote. “You were the most enigmatic person wherever you went.

Martyn Lawrence Bullard is a renowned celebrity interior designer and in his new book, Star Style, he showcases some of the famous faces who have used his incredible creative designs in their homes. His broad range of styles and eclectic yet sophisticated and inviting interiors has made him the ultimate designer to the stars and a popular television personality, regularly named by numerous A–lists.

Awww! Travis Kelce is truly living his best life!

K.J. Yossman Actor, director and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah has joined the board of Endeavor-backed production company The Story Collective. In the role, Kwei-Armah will bring expertise and mentorship to various projects in development as well as nurturing new ideas to bring to screen.

Blondie’s Chris Stein has announced details of a new memoir called Under A Rock.In a new post on Instagram about the book, Stein unveiled details of the book this week (November 16), writing: “OK here we go. I’ve been working on this memoir for two years and it’ll show up allegedly in 2024.“I mean, I like it… I wrote the whole fcking [sic] thing myself.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic Madonna’s life — and the relentless ambition that fueled her rise — could be the stuff of a great book. And now Pulitzer finalist Mary Gabriel has taken on the challenge. Gabriel, who wrote about the women who helped invent modern art in “Ninth Street Women,” turns her attention to the Material Girl in “Madonna: A Rebel Life,” out Oct.

EXCLUSIVE: Jean-Michel Basquiat is set to be the subject of a new feature documentary, King Pleasure, from Val and Pepsi, Where’s My Jet? producer Boardwalk Pictures and Quinn Wilson, former creative director for Lizzo.

Angelique Jackson Ava DuVernay’s arts and social collective ARRAY has announced its slate of summer programming, including an actor’s masterclass taught by Emmy winner Niecy Nash-Betts, a cinematic celebration of Jean-Michel Basquiat and the debut of two new commissioned projects from ARRAY’s Law Enforcement Accountability Project (LEAP).  The summer lineup is curated by ARRAY’s SVP of public programming, Mercedes Cooper, and in keeping with the ARRAY’s mission of “igniting social change through the cinematic arts,” all events are free to the public.  “ARRAY’s focus on instigating narrative change through our non-profit ARRAY Alliance allows us to gather audiences around issues aligned with our core mission and everyday work,” said Cooper in a statement announcing the lineup.

Lily Moayeri Jean-Michel Basquiat was the quintessential New York City artist during his life and after his death. So the arrival of the exhibition Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure© at the Grand LA in the heart of downtown Los Angeles is a welcome one for those left-coasters who couldn’t catch the display at RXR’s Starrett-Lehigh Building in New York in 2022, where it attracted 210,000 visitors over eight months. King Pleasure (stylized as King Pleasure©) is presented by Basquiat’s family, with his sisters, Lisane Basquiat and Jeanine Heriveaux guiding and curating the project. This is the first time the artist’s family has opened his estate’s vault, which they have administered since his untimely death in 1988 at the age of 27. Designed by architect David Adjaye with Abbott Miller of Pentagram creating the exhibition’s identity, King Pleasure features over 200 rare and never seen before pieces.

JAY-Z once rapped, «Oh what a feeling. F**k it, I want a billion.» Well, now he's got at least billion.The «Holy Grail» rapper has officially been named the wealthiest person in hip hop with a $2.5 billion net worth, according to, which recently updated its ranking.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Jay-Z’s net worth has soared to $2.5 billion, according to a new Forbes report published Friday. While the report is slim on details, it notes that the fortune of the man born Shawn Carter 53 years reached far beyond music. “Even in a year without a tour or album release, Jay-Z mints millions from his Armand de Brignac champagne and D’Usse cognac,” it says. “The Brooklyn-born rapper was crowned hip-hop’s first billionaire by Forbes in 2019, thanks to a sprawling and diversified empire,” noting assets from his Roc Nation entertainment and sports empire to a fine-art collection including works by Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Tonight’s opening night performance of Broadway’s The Collaboration has been canceled due to a positive Covid case in the company.

Rick Rubin has revealed that he’s working on a new album with The Strokes, having recently completed a recording session with them in Costa Rica.Yesterday (October 12) saw Rubin appear on The Joe Rogan Experience, where he spoke about some of his upcoming projects. Referring to The Strokes’ seventh album – which is yet to be announced or acknowledged by the band – he said: “A few months ago I was in Costa Rica, recording a new album with The Strokes, and we rented this house up on the top of a mountain and set the band up outside.“So they’re playing… It’s like they’re doing a concert for the ocean, on the top of a mountain.

Scooter Braun has been ordered to pay $20 million to his ex-wife Yael Cohen as part of their divorce. The 41-year-old talent manager is set to retain the $65 million mansion that he bought last year, as well as several other properties. Scooter - who has worked with the likes of Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and Demi Lovato - has also been allowed to keep more than 100 pieces of artwork, including pieces by Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

EXCLUSIVE: Melissa Barrera (In the Heights) has signed on to star alongside Jeremy Pope, Paul Bettany and Daniel Brühl in Muse of Fire’s Warhol-Basquiat pic The Collaboration, based on the acclaimed play by four-time Oscar nom Anthony McCarten.

Lil Nas X imitated the legendary late artist Jean-Michel Basquiat as he posed next to Hailey Bieber in promotional snaps for the upcoming Vogue World event.The singer, 23, wore a trendy red plaid suit with bell bottoms and a matching collared shirt underneath, while the model, 25, looked incredible in a stylish silver top and oversized blue denim pants.'NASQUIAT,' he captioned the images shared to his Instagram, blending his and Basquiat's names, and adding, 'VogueWorld coming soon!'  Basquiat fan: Lil Nas X imitated the legendary late artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in promotional snaps for the upcoming Vogue World eventThe event is a celebration of Vogue’s 130th anniversary, and will live stream from New York Fashion Week on September 12. The fashionable duo were seen posing together inside of a phone booth, next to the Statue of Liberty.  The Industry Baby hitmaker sported Basquiat's famous hairdo and even held up a portrait of the artist next to his face in a shirtless selfie, to show off the resemblance. In another snap, the singer was seen showing off his bright ensemble while talking on the phone.  Chic duo: The singer, 23, wore a trendy red plaid suit with bell bottoms and a matching shirt underneath, while posing next to Hailey Bieber, 25, who looked incredible in a stylish silver top Fashionable affair: The event is a celebration of Vogue’s 130th anniversary, and will live stream from New York Fashion Week on September 12  Basquiat, who had a short but illustrious professional career, is considered to be of the most significant painters of the 20th century as well as a cultural icon.

Lily Ooi Music and film may have brought Jay Chou to his current standing, but he has also been actively cultivating his presence in the art world. And he is becoming ever more serious.It’s not hard to find Chou sharing images of artworks by blue-chip artists from Peter Doig to Jean-Michel Basquiat with his 7.4 million followers on Instagram. And he regularly offers a glimpse into his art collection, such as paintings by Gerhard Richter and Frank Stella, through his music videos.Chou’s passion for art is more than just a hobby.

Brandy.The new tattoo was inked on the singer, actor and reality star’s leg earlier this month by tattoo artist Alexey Mashkov, more commonly known as Mashkow. The tattoo is of Brandy’s face, but heavily incorporates Mashkov’s signature style – she has glowing pink eyes, and graffiti-like tattoos that say “Best friends 4 ever” and “From Ray with love”.Ray J shared a video of the process on his Instagram account.