The U.K.’s First Major Basquiat Exhibition Is Coming To London

The Barbican Centre will host Basquiat: Boom for Real from September 2017.

October 04, 2016
The U.K.’s First Major Basquiat Exhibition Is Coming To London Nicholas Taylor

London’s Barbican Centre is to host Boom For Real, the U.K.'s first large-scale Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition. Over 100 of the late New York artist's works will go on display in 2017 with his most famous paintings lining up alongside notebooks and drawings.

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In a press release, the Barbican Centre’s Head of Visual Arts, Jane Alison explained how, “the creative brilliance and emotive power of Basquiat continues to have a huge impact and influence on a wide range of artists, filmmakers, and musicians. This will, therefore, be a rare opportunity for visitors to see a huge body of some of his most famous and also little-known works in one place.”

Basquiat: Boom for Real will open on September 21 2017 and run until January 28 2018.

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The U.K.’s First Major Basquiat Exhibition Is Coming To London