"The block of Great Jones Street between Bowery and Lafayette Street in downtown Manhattan has been named Jean-Michel Basquiat Way in honour of the late Neo-Expressionist artist. A fixture in the bustling East Village scene who became a global art star, Basquiat died of a heroin overdose at age 27 in the home and studio he rented from his friend Andy Warhol at 57 Great Jones Street from 1983 to 1988."
"Jean-Michel Basquiat was born in 1960 in Brooklyn to Haitian and Puerto Rican parents. After running away from home as a teenager and dropping out of alternative high school, he made his name as a graffiti tagger under the pseudonym SAMO, emblazoning Lower Manhattan walls with cryptic, satirical slogans and poetry. A fixture in the downtown avant-garde art and music scenes, he came up alongside figures like Kenny Scharf, Keith Haring, and Arleen Schloss."
"On Tuesday (21 October), members of the New York city council and members of the artist's family, including his sister Lisane Basquiat, gathered to unveil the Jean-Michel Basquiat Way street signs that will as a reminder of the artist's indelible mark on New York culture. Basquiat's final home is now adorned with a commemorative plaque and has been rented out by the actress Angelina Jolie as a showroom and curatorial space for her fashion brand Jolie Atelier."
Great Jones Street between Bowery and Lafayette has been officially named Jean-Michel Basquiat Way. New York city council members and family, including his sister Lisane Basquiat, unveiled the street signs as a reminder of his mark on New York culture. Basquiat died of a heroin overdose at 27 in the home and studio he rented from Andy Warhol at 57 Great Jones Street from 1983 to 1988. The final home now bears a commemorative plaque and has been rented by Angelina Jolie as a showroom and curatorial space for Jolie Atelier. Basquiat was born in 1960 in Brooklyn to Haitian and Puerto Rican parents, ran away as a teenager, dropped out of alternative high school, and rose to prominence as the graffiti tagger SAMO before becoming a downtown art-world figure.
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