Basquiat x Warhol at the Fondation Louis Vuitton

Event Description

Following the success of the exhibition on Jean-Michel Basquiat’s work in 2018, the Fondation Louis Vuitton now sets out to explore his storied collaboration with Andy Warhol, namely 160 ‘four hands’ paintings created in 1984-1985. These canvases were some of the largest pieces in both their respective careers, the product of a collaboration of two powerhouses who expressed their close friendship through a sort of ‘visual duet’. Basquiat looked at Warhol as a mentor, and in turn gave his elder a new lease of life on his relationship with painting as a medium. This important exhibition opens with a series of crossed portraits, Basquiat by Warhol, Warhol by Basquiat. What follows is a unique opportunity to experience the intoxicating energy of their creative exchange, through more than 300 works and documents, including 80 jointly signed paintings, as well as individual works by each artist and a collection of works by other luminaries such as Keith Haring, Jenny Holzer, Kenny Scharf and Michael Halsband.