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Thanks to the big Whitney showthis past winter, this has been a year of Warhol.
And Basquiat is back thanks to the newly openedBrant Foundation in the East Village.
(Although the show did spawn an iconicpromotional posterof the duo in boxing gear.)
More than 30 years after the ill-fated celebrity collab, eight of the original Basquiat-Warhol works are on display.
It also came at a particularly problematic time for Warhol, who was losing his edge.
Its no secret that Warhols own reputation and legacy were in great jeopardy, says Shiner.
He needed a little extra oomph.
But after the bad reviews, their friendship cooled.
A few years later, Warhol died fromcomplications that aroseafter surgery to remove his gallbladder.
Six months later, Basquiatdied from a heroin overdose.
Find out more froma bookthat tells the story of the artists friendship through Warhols photographs and diary entries.
The gallery is open to the public from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays.
