boom for real
Culture
the new basquiat doc is a searing statement on art and race today
'Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat' shows how the art world has changed since the 80s, and how it hasn't.
Shammara Lawrence
5.23.18
Culture
‘boom for real’ shows basquiat and nyc at their turning points
Director Sara Driver unearthed a trove of work and footage from his ex-roommate's underground vault.
Sarah Gooding
5.17.18
News
the first trailer for the teenage basquiat documentary is here
'Boom For Real' dives into what Basquiat was like as a homeless teen living in Tompkins Square Park.
André-Naquian Wheeler
4.19.18
Film
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Simran Hans
12.11.17
Culture
boom for real: a dictionary of basquiat
Following the Barbican exhibition’s opening weekend, wise up on the American artist’s catchphrases, graffiti tags, obsessions, and words that reoccur in his most famous paintings.
Charlotte Gush
9.26.17
Art
the problem with the barbican’s basquiat retrospective
Boom for Real at the Barbican is content to examine the grit and glamour of Basquiat’s NYC, but what about the racism he faced as the art world’s first black star?
Felix Petty
9.21.17