Warhol, of course, loved to document process; Basquiat saw that as one more intrusion and impediment. But to some degree, Warhol’s gentle, open-hearted humanism won him over. As was true of so many.

Andy Warhol, Portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat as David (1984). ©2023 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Licensed by ADAGP, Paris. Courtesy Norman and Irma Braman.

Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, photographed in 1984 by Paige Powell, in front of their collaborative painting “OP OP.” Artists like Powell and Brigid Berlin are now being considered ...

Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Bruno Bischofberger, and Francesco Clemente in 1984. Photograph Source: Galerie Bruno Bischofberger – CC BY-SA 4.0 ...

The artists Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Wahol were introduced in 1982 by the Swiss gallerist Bruno Bischofberger, an encounter that Basquiat immortalized shortly afterwards in the work Dos Cabezas.

Paul Bettany as Andy Warhol and Jeremy Pope as Jean-Michel Basquiat in 'The Collaboration.' Jeremy Daniel But what do we end up knowing of Warhol and Basquiat that couldn’t be gleaned from ...

Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat's collaboration examined in Fondation Louis Vuitton show. Paris exhibition explores the fusion of two giants of American art in the mid-1980s.

Left out of this false concoction is the fact that the real Basquiat hung out at Warhol’s Factory, absolutely worshiped at the altar of Andy and wanted nothing more than to replicate the icon ...

Initially, Warhol and Basquiat’s relationship was marked by conflict and competition. The artists, however, went on to collaborate on a series of paintings, which they exhibited in 1985.

Warhol and Basquiat are Broadway bound. A new play exploring the relationship between late artists Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat is headed to the New York stage this fall. Andy Warhol (left)… ...