A Japanese billionaire has bought a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting for $110.5 million, the highest ever price paid at auction for a work by an American artist.

Basquiat’s fame has endured since his 1988 death. In 2017, his 1982 painting “Untitled” sold for $110.5 million, the most ever for an American artist at auction.

'Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure,' produced by the late artist's sisters, features more than 200 paintings, drawings and ephemera from the family’s estate, and immersive re-creations of ...

Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist who rapidly rose to prominence in the 1980s New York art scene, known for his graffiti-inspired paintings and powerful social commentary.

In 1988, when Basquiat was 27, he died of a drug overdose. Finch, who was an art history major in college, bought more than 100 drawings — some no more than scraps of paper.

Basquiat. After astronomical auction prices and endless sneaker collaborations, the artist’s name most readily evokes SoHo streets and Palladium parties. For those truly in the know, though ...

Basquiat was one of the most prominent artists in the 1980s, who rose to fame as part of the Neo-expressionism movement. He died of a drug overdose at the age of 27.