Basquiat Graffiti Will Remain at Atelier Jolie's NYC Home at 57 Great Jones Street
/Atelier Jolie Finds NYC Home at 57 Great Jones Street, Basquiat Graffiti Will Remain AOC Fashion
Angelina Jolie’s new purpose-driven collective has its first location at 57 Great Jones Street in New York City. In the IG video showing off the new headquarters, Jolie’s children, Shiloh, 17, and Pax, 19, are also visible spray painting the collective’s logo onto the building.
This has got to be an exciting time for Angelina Jolie and her children as they enter a space where Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat lived and worked for several years.
The interior space features 6,600 square feet of space across three floors. The exterior of the building is adorned in street art, and Jolie will keep it that way as a public tribute to Basquiat. who started his career as one half of the graffiti art duo SAMO.
Basquiat rented the second-floor space from Warhol shortly after they first met. Warhol originally bought the building in 1970.
Basquiat Show Extended in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles, the show “JEAN-MICHEL-BASQUIAT: KING PLEASURE©” has been extended through October 15, 2023. Location is 100 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, Ca 90012. Self Parking is located between W. 2nd Street and W. 1st Street on S. Olive Street.
Run by Basquiat’s estate and his sisters Lisane Basquiat and Jeanine Heriveauxex, the exhibit features 200 never-before-seen and rarely shown works of art from the multimedia artist.
The Smithsonian covered the show with an in-depth story written by Dina Gachman: “For Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat's Family, This Exhibition Was a Means of Grieving”.
Jay-Z, Basquiat and Louis Vuitton in Paris
April 14, 2023 was the first time Jay-Z had performed in Paris since 2018, when he joined his wife Beyoncé’s, the On The Run Tour II. The event, you ask?
It was the opening of Jean-Michel Basquiat x Andy Warhol exhibit in Paris, organized by the Louis Vuitton Foundation and running through August 28, 2023.
Basquiat at Tiffany & Co
You may recall that Jay-Z and his wife Beyoncé helped relaunch Tiffany & Co after the LVMH purchase, and they did it in the company of a Basquiat painting ‘Equals Pi’.
The campaign was controversial as you can imagine, but I was most impacted not by the activists who accused Jay-Z of selling out and demeaning Basquiat. From all I’ve read today, Basquiat’s family has an excellent relationship with the Arnault family.
I was deeply moved by ordinary people of color who commented about how beautiful the campaign was — and how they felt included and respected with their own talents center stage — including Basquiat.
LVMH understands this issue like it understands a fine wine. And I don’t believe most fashion and culture writers understand just how deep this issue goes in the organization.