boom for real
Film
6 of the most powerful documentaries of 2018
What we need now are some real stories.
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 recur 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
