Talking Basquiat the Teenage Years

About this episode

The episode discusses Jean-Michel Basquiat's teenage years and his emergence in the New York art scene.

Talking Basquiat the Teenage Years The great iconic artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is remembered by his friends who knew him when, as a teenager, he first burst upon the Downtown New York scene as Samo and began to make the artworks that sell for millions of dollars today. Sara Driver’s movie Boom for Real is the jumping off point for a conversation about Basquiat and New York in the 80s with “Beginnings” host and Paper magazine founder David Hershkovits, Driver, Alexis Adler, Felice Rosser and ...

People in this episode

Guests: Alexis Adler, Felice Rosser, Sara Driver

Topics covered

• Jean-Michel Basquiat
• Downtown New York
• art
• 80s culture

Keywords

• Boom for Real
• artworks
• Samo

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Boom for Real, Beginnings

Places: New York

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