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Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat with one of their collaborations at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in SoHo, October 1985.  Photo by Tseng Kwong Chi Chicago Tribune (November 21, 1985): At 24, Basquiat is one of a handful of graffiti writers whose luck kept them one step ahead of the law and whose talents earn them varying degrees of fame and fortune.  "I like everything about his art," Warhol said of Basquiat. "There's not a bad painting that he does." Described by one critic as the pioneer of a "post-graffiti" style, Basquiat disdains the label "graffiti artist."  "I don't think the two words even go together," he said. "I'm an artist, not a spray painter." "Graffiti is way past its prime," he adds.... The styles of Warhol and Basquiat contrast sharply. Basquiat captures the exuberant anger of the subway, expressed in primitive death masks and animal figures. Black faces and figures people his work.  The 55-year-old Warhol has maintained the pop style that made him famous in the '60s, substituting his soup cans now for corporate logos—"GE," "Arm & Hammer" and "Zenith"—and turning tabloid headlines into art. In the collaborative works, all untitled, Warhol applied his logos and headlines, and Basquiat added his own expressionistic images and slogans, many of them in childish style that he favors....  The paintings are selling despite bad reviews, said gallery owner Tony Shafrazi.... Warhol and Basquiat declined to expand on their collaboration. "I just did some and he did some. We didn't think too much about it," said Warhol, although it was a historic effort for him, marking the first time since 1962 that he has taken a brush to canvas. He generally prefers silk screens and lithographs, which can be produced faster and in greater quantity.  Asked what about Basquiat tempted him back to the palette, Warhol said breezily that he was inspired by him. "He's the greatest. It was his hair-do," Warhol said about Basquiat's unruly Afro with tufts.

Keith Haring painting the backdrop for the Palladium nightclub in New York City, 1985. Photos by Bernard Gotfryd • • • • • #keithharing #popart #palladiumnightclub #1985 #keithharingart #muralart #publicart #80sart #lgbtq #gaypride #contemporaryart #doodleart #nycartist #1980s #oldnyc #bernardgotfryd #artcontemporain

Jean-Michel Basquiat modeling for the Comme des Garçons Homme Plus Spring/Summer 87 fashion show in Paris in 1986. This was his second time walking the runway for Comme des Garçons. His first show was in 1985 for the Spring 1986 collection at the International Design Center of New York in Long Island City. Johanne Shepley Siff recalled: "I met Jean-Michel in 1984. Mary Boone had escorted him into the flagship store in SoHo and asked that he be dressed for his first opening at her gallery. She had a blank check and said she needed a wardrobe for him. From the moment he walked into the store, I was struck by his natural sense of style. He has a beautiful physique. He wore clothes beautifully and, being thin and tall, he could wear very relaxed silhouettes. The men's collection suited him because it was sort of a juxtaposition of fine tailoring and a relaxed kind of ease. From that point on, Jean-Michel was a regular customer. Comme des Garçons had the practice of casting interesting men that were not models for its runway shows in Paris. In the summer of 1986, Jean-Michel was invited to walk the runway for the Spring/Summer 1987 collection. We traveled together to Paris, as I was the buyer for the brand. I was also entrusted with keeping an eye on him and making sure he was at the fittings, the dress rehearsal, and, of course, the final show. He enjoyed himself and took to the runway effortlessly. He seemed to be truly amused and interested. He was curious and had a good sense of humor." • • • • • #jeanmichelbasquiat #basquiat #commedesgarcons #mensstyle #jmbasquiat #samo #80sart #menswear #80sfashion #styleinspo #mensfashion #blackartist #nycartist #mensstyle #fashionshow #1980s #jmb #1986 #contemporaryart

Keith Haring with Arman, Corice Arman, and Juan Rivera at Arman’s summer home in Vence, 1986. • • • • • #keithharing #arman #coricearman #juanrivera #1986 #popart #juanitoxtravaganza #keithandjuan #vence #vencefrance #80sart #contemporaryart

Andy Warhol with Calvin Klein, Brooke Shields and Steve Rubell at the Studio 54 reopening party in New York City on September 15, 1981. Photo by Robin Platzer In his diary, Andy recalled: "Went to Halston's for dinner before the reopening of Studio 54. Halston had wanted to give a party for Steve before the reopening, but Steve told him Calvin was already giving him one. So then Halston asked Steve to choose between him and Calvin—Steve chose Calvin. But then Calvin smoothed things over by calling Halston to invite him. Went in Halston's car and arrived to the Sovereign and went up to Calvin's penthouse and everybody was either famous or beautiful—Brooke Shields and seventy-five other models, and Jack Nicholson was there. And Godunov was there, he came over and he looked so beautiful and sexy and he's just changed his whole personality, he's so free and talkative now. Then we went to Studio 54 and the street was just mobbed like I've never seen it, and it made my art opening look like it'd been deserted. And Calvin took Brooke. It was so jammed they must have made a fortune at $25 a head. Went to leave at quarter to 3:00. It took us fifteen minutes to get out of the place." • • • • • #andywarhol #warhol #calvinklein #brookeshields #1981 #steverubell #studio54 #oldnyc #nightlife #popart #80sfashion #halston #1980s #robinplatzer #andywarholdiaries

Jean-Michel Basquiat photographed by Gianfranco Gorgoni in his Crosby Street studio, 1982. • • • • • #jeanmichelbasquiat #basquiat #1982 #jmb #1980s #jmbasquiat #samo #80sart #nycartist #basquiatart #gianfrancogorgoni #abstractart #neoexpressionism #contemporaryart

Keith Haring and Jenny Holzer at the Wiener Festwochen at Am Hof square in Vienna, 1986. Jenny Holzer discussed her collaboration with Keith in an interview with Dieter Buchhart for the book "Keith Haring/Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossing Lines" (2022): "That collaboration was for the Wiener Festwochen. I can report that Keith and I went to the opera and he bought me something from the snack bar. What a gentleman! [Laughs.] It was not a safe period; there was of course the tragedy of Chernobyl and AIDS. So, we had opera and Chernobyl as a backdrop and then our respective bleak and sometimes lively concerns ... The goal of any street artist is to have people give what you've offered a little time, and people did stop and look. Keith by then was a celebrity, so there was celebrity attention as well as just, 'Oh, what is that?' The reactions were ones of surprise, with people laughing at the more comic bits and being backed up by the difficult drawings." • • • • • #keithharing #jennyholzer #1986 #popart #streetart #conceptualart #politicalart #1980s #viennaaustria #viennafestival #keithharingart #wienerfestwochen #publicart #amhof #didisattmann #80sart #contemporaryart

Andy Warhol with Boy George and Jon Moss during a benefit at the Garden State Arts Center in Holmdel on August 27, 1985. In his diary, Andy recalled: "Susan Blond called and said she had tickets for Boy George that night in Asbury Park and she said I could have two and Keith could have two. It was a benefit for B'nai Brith. Ron Delsener did it, and he was there and wanting me for publicity, and I said, 'Oh what about that night at Tina Turner where you just couldn't get us backstage?' And he said, 'Uh-uh-uh, oh it was impossible.' I didn't tell him off but I wanted to. So we went out there with Susan and we were late, we missed his first number. We went backstage. And then we went back out and the kids were screaming, 'An-dee, An-dee!' To be funny. George did three encores. And he signed a million autographs now that he's come down in the world — he always refused to before. He was thrilled to see us. Marilyn wasn't around and we were told by Susan not to mention him in front of George's boyfriend because I guess he's jealous of him. And Keith and everybody were making fun of Asbury Park, of George being there, and it was, 'Oh! The Asbury Park news is here.' And 'Oh, the Asbury Park TV station is doing an interview!' And George said to Keith, 'Where's my painting?' Because when it was Keith's birthday George had he said he'd sing 'Happy Birthday' if Keith would give him a painting. And Keith said he would give him a painting but because he wanted to, not because George sang 'Happy Birthday.'" Asbury Park Press (August 28, 1985): "Following last night's concert, Boy George and The Culture Club attended the disco set up on the grounds of the Arts Center to benefit its foundation. About 300 tickets to the fund raiser were sold at $100 each, which included the $21 admission to the concert. ... There too, photographers were told that if they tried to capture Boy George with their lenses, the honored guest would automatically leave. When asked the reason for the ban on photos, Boy George said he knew nothing of his manager's demands. 'It's news to me,' he said, adding, 'Besides, I love cameras,' as he posed mockingly."

Keith Haring with his mural at DTJ video game arcade store on Avenue D in the East Village, 1984. Photos by Tseng Kwong Chi • • • • #keithharing #popart #1984 #keithharingmural #muralart #80sart #la2 #graffitiart #videogames #arcadegames #retro80s #tsengkwongchi #1980s #contemporaryart #eastvillage #lowereastside

Andy Warhol and Jed Johnson in their room at Hotel Cipriani in Venice, September 1977. They were in Venice for Andy's "Torsos" exhibition at Prigioni Vecchie, which opened on September 16, 1977. • • • • • #andywarhol #warhol #jedjohnson #1977 #popart #hotelcipriani #hotelciprianivenice #venezia #lgbtq #1970s #1970s #andyandjed #warholphotography

Jean-Michel Basquiat with William S. Burroughs, Debbie Harry, and Allen Ginsberg in New York, 1986. Photos by Victor Bockris In the book "With William Burroughs: A Report from the Bunker" (1996), Victor Bockris wrote: On Saturday, December 20, 1986 William Burroughs and James Grauerholz came to my apartment for dinner with Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, Allen Ginsberg, Jean Michael Basquiat, owner of the Mudd Club Steve Mass, and Richard Hell. Richard had just returned from London where he had been investigating the Boy George heroin story... Bill and James had come straight from the Factory where they had filmed a sequence for Andy Warhol's TV with Chris Stein. James was worried because they had left a piece of wood with three bullets in it as a gift for Andy and he was wondering if it might be misinterpreted... There was never a pause in the diverse conversation throughout the evening. We discussed the affair between Malcolm McLaren and Lauren Hutton, Florence Nightingale, the art scene, the casting couch, what to do when everything falls apart, the Iranscam and C.I.A. Directors Casey's brain tumor... Jean Michel spent much of the evening curled up on a love seat where he quietly drew in a small sketchbook that he intermittently handed to Bill. I was amazed to see William, who normally eschews the craft, deftly adding his own glyphlike images to the pages. "There was a rat in my house yesterday," Jean piped up. "I have so many rats in my house, sometimes I think they're not there, but they pop up." "I know they do! I know they do!" Bill chimed in. "I had to kill many rats in my house in Tangier with a stick! It's awful! They shriek! Oh no man! Never again do I ever want to kill a rat with a stick!" "I hadn't seen a rat for a long time and then I saw one and it was so horrible," continued Jean. "He stuck his head in and ate a little donut, so I went out and got some more donuts and rolled the donuts in rat poison and put them under the sink." Allen gave Jean a copy of The Annotated Howl. "What is this?" asked Debbie, admiring the beautiful coffee table volume. "It's his greatest hit," said Jean. "As you can see, Jean Michel is a sensitive scholar," said Allen.

Andy Warhol, Jon Gould, Shelly Dunn Fremont, Christopher Makos, and Vincent Fremont in East Falmouth, 1981. • • • • • #andywarhol #warhol #1981 #jongould #shellyfremont #christophermakos #vincentfremont #1980s #eastfalmouth #capecod #warholphotography