The drawings came from an assignment for students to draw creepy portraits of either themselves or a classmate in the style of the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat ... of other kids with less talent ...

[All officers charged in Stewart’s death were acquitted.] Jean-Michel Basquiat was shocked by the beating of Michael Stewart. Known to have used the D train as a canvas, the handsome ...

‘Tobacco versus Red Chief’, 1981-82, is one of the earliest paintings made by Jean-Michel Basquiat during his brief yet prolific career. In the 1970s, Basquiat gained attention as a graffiti artist ...