Jean Michel Basquiat: Celebs Rumors

Rick Rubin has revealed that he’s working on a new album with The Strokes, having recently completed a recording session with them in Costa Rica.Yesterday (October 12) saw Rubin appear on The Joe Rogan Experience, where he spoke about some of his upcoming projects. Referring to The Strokes’ seventh album – which is yet to be announced or acknowledged by the band – he said: “A few months ago I was in Costa Rica, recording a new album with The Strokes, and we rented this house up on the top of a mountain and set the band up outside.“So they’re playing… It’s like they’re doing a concert for the ocean, on the top of a mountain.

Angelique Jackson Ava DuVernay’s arts and social collective ARRAY has announced its slate of summer programming, including an actor’s masterclass taught by Emmy winner Niecy Nash-Betts, a cinematic celebration of Jean-Michel Basquiat and the debut of two new commissioned projects from ARRAY’s Law Enforcement Accountability Project (LEAP).  The summer lineup is curated by ARRAY’s SVP of public programming, Mercedes Cooper, and in keeping with the ARRAY’s mission of “igniting social change through the cinematic arts,” all events are free to the public.  “ARRAY’s focus on instigating narrative change through our non-profit ARRAY Alliance allows us to gather audiences around issues aligned with our core mission and everyday work,” said Cooper in a statement announcing the lineup.

Lily Moayeri Jean-Michel Basquiat was the quintessential New York City artist during his life and after his death. So the arrival of the exhibition Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure© at the Grand LA in the heart of downtown Los Angeles is a welcome one for those left-coasters who couldn’t catch the display at RXR’s Starrett-Lehigh Building in New York in 2022, where it attracted 210,000 visitors over eight months. King Pleasure (stylized as King Pleasure©) is presented by Basquiat’s family, with his sisters, Lisane Basquiat and Jeanine Heriveaux guiding and curating the project. This is the first time the artist’s family has opened his estate’s vault, which they have administered since his untimely death in 1988 at the age of 27. Designed by architect David Adjaye with Abbott Miller of Pentagram creating the exhibition’s identity, King Pleasure features over 200 rare and never seen before pieces.

JAY-Z once rapped, «Oh what a feeling. F**k it, I want a billion.» Well, now he's got at least billion.The «Holy Grail» rapper has officially been named the wealthiest person in hip hop with a $2.5 billion net worth, according to, which recently updated its ranking.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Jay-Z’s net worth has soared to $2.5 billion, according to a new Forbes report published Friday. While the report is slim on details, it notes that the fortune of the man born Shawn Carter 53 years reached far beyond music. “Even in a year without a tour or album release, Jay-Z mints millions from his Armand de Brignac champagne and D’Usse cognac,” it says. “The Brooklyn-born rapper was crowned hip-hop’s first billionaire by Forbes in 2019, thanks to a sprawling and diversified empire,” noting assets from his Roc Nation entertainment and sports empire to a fine-art collection including works by Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Tonight’s opening night performance of Broadway’s The Collaboration has been canceled due to a positive Covid case in the company.

Scooter Braun has been ordered to pay $20 million to his ex-wife Yael Cohen as part of their divorce. The 41-year-old talent manager is set to retain the $65 million mansion that he bought last year, as well as several other properties. Scooter - who has worked with the likes of Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and Demi Lovato - has also been allowed to keep more than 100 pieces of artwork, including pieces by Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

EXCLUSIVE: Melissa Barrera (In the Heights) has signed on to star alongside Jeremy Pope, Paul Bettany and Daniel Brühl in Muse of Fire’s Warhol-Basquiat pic The Collaboration, based on the acclaimed play by four-time Oscar nom Anthony McCarten.

Lily Ooi Music and film may have brought Jay Chou to his current standing, but he has also been actively cultivating his presence in the art world. And he is becoming ever more serious.It’s not hard to find Chou sharing images of artworks by blue-chip artists from Peter Doig to Jean-Michel Basquiat with his 7.4 million followers on Instagram. And he regularly offers a glimpse into his art collection, such as paintings by Gerhard Richter and Frank Stella, through his music videos.Chou’s passion for art is more than just a hobby.

Brandy.The new tattoo was inked on the singer, actor and reality star’s leg earlier this month by tattoo artist Alexey Mashkov, more commonly known as Mashkow. The tattoo is of Brandy’s face, but heavily incorporates Mashkov’s signature style – she has glowing pink eyes, and graffiti-like tattoos that say “Best friends 4 ever” and “From Ray with love”.Ray J shared a video of the process on his Instagram account.

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Nigerian-American filmmaker Julius Onah (Luce) for representation.

$85,000 per week. It was refitted in 2020 with some newer upgrades to include a fresh paint job and a new teak deck.It was designed and built by Italian boatbuilding company, Benetti.The interior of the yacht features a mahogany finish with paintings and art installations. It can accommodate up to 12 guests with over six cabins — including a master suite, two VIP staterooms, one double cabin and two twin cabins. Giulio Riggio at Fraser’s Palma office holds the listing.

Andy Warhol's Shot Sage Blue Marilyn has sold for 195 million dollars (£158 million), making it the most expensive work by a US artist sold at auction.

Robbie Williams is set to showcase his own paintings at his first-ever art exhibition.The singer and his creative partner, Ed Godrich, will present a series of their black-and-white paintings at Sotheby’s galleries on New Bond Street, London between May 13 and May 25.They’re also curating an art sale at the auction house that will feature works by some of their favourite artists, including Damien Hirst, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Grayson Perry (via The Guardian).Additionally, the sale is set to include one of Williams and Godrich’s pieces which is expected to fetch between £15,000 and £20,000. The ‘Contemporary Curated’ sale runs from April 22-28.“Art is really whatever you want it to be.

The Andy Warhol Diaries (★★★★☆) is well worth dipping through its many tangents and digressions to gain an informative, artfully assembled portrait of the artist.Executive produced by Ryan Murphy, and written and directed by Andrew Rossi, the series is based on Warhol’s diary entries, as dictated over the phone to his friend and collaborator Pat Hackett starting in 1976.Opening with Warhol’s description of a “perfect” Thanksgiving spent with his lover Jed Johnson at the rustic home of artist Jamie Wyeth, The Andy Warhol Diaries were published in 1989, two years after Warhol’s death.Appearing in the series, along with several Warhol associates, muses, and fellow artists, Hackett has a ready response for anyone who, then or now, might take issue with how Andy portrayed them.“Of course, it’s subjective,” she insists, adding that if anybody has a problem with it, “write your own diary.” From episode one, the show firmly establishes that Andy Warhol’s voice will guide our voyage through his world.To that end, the filmmakers commit to the unexpected, yet oddly apropos, choice of an artificial Andy Warhol to serve as narrator. Created using an AI program, then further synthesized with the vocal performance of actor Bill Irwin, faux-Andy is tuned to sound like the real Andy, and does just enough to perfectly suit a subject who mused for years that he wished he could be a machine.Eventually, a group of roboticists did engineer an Andy Warhol android, an arduous process captured in footage shown in episode three.

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painted by Jean-Michel Basquiat, works by Keith Haring and dozens and dozens of gifts — photos, valentines, sketches, letters and more — from pop god Andy Warhol.“My mother kept everything,” Jon’s twin brother, Jay Gould, told The Post. Jay knew his brother “had some type of relationship” with Warhol in the 1980s, though Jon always remained discreet about it. “We were very close, identical twins, but we never talked a lot about his sexuality,” Jay, now 68, explained.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticIn the new documentary series “The Andy Warhol Diaries,” the late pop artist’s re-created voice sounds eerie and uncanny — human but not. It’s aesthetically jarring, and a fitting tribute.Director Andrew Rossi, with the permission of Warhol’s estate, used an artificial-intelligence program to reproduce his speaking voice, so that “Warhol” can read aloud from the diaries he kept.

EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Pope, the actor who found a breakout screen role as Archie Coleman in Ian Brennan and Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series Hollywood, has signed with WME for representation.

which they bought from Eddie Murphy in two separate transactions for a $12.1 million sum nearly a decade ago — was last asking $9.9 million. We hear it is in contract for even less. Keys and Dean first paid Murphy $10.42 million for his 32-room mansion at 191 Brayton St.

Hollywood has been fascinated by the world of art for decades, and there is a new project on the horizon focused on Jean-Michel Basquiat, the young Black American artist who took the world by storm and brought New York City graffiti and street art to the global high-end art collecting scene. READ MORE: The Best Film Performances Of 2021 According to Variety, “Samo Lives” comes from filmmaker Julius Onah, and he’ll write, direct, and produce the biopic with “Cyrano” star Kelvin Harrison Jr.

Beyoncé has covered ‘Moon River’ as part of her ‘About Love’ campaign with husband Jay-Z for Tiffany & Co.In the new clip shared today (September 13) the pop star is seen singing ‘Moon River’, which was originally performed by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany’s, while playing piano in a penthouse apartment.The clip precedes a film shot on a Super 8 camera that is set to arrive on Wednesday (September 15), which also features her husband. The pair said of the campaign: “Love is the diamond that the jewellery and art decorate.”In one image teaser released last month as part of the Tiffany & Co placement, the musicians are seen posing in front of a long-unseen Jean-Michel Basquiat painting called Equals Pi.

Mama bear! Tina Knowles clapped back at all the “righteous” haters who criticized her daughter, Beyoncé, for wearing the Tiffany Diamond. 

Jay-Z surprised fans when Tiffany & Co unveiled its latest campaign, “About Love”, starring the couple. Jay-Z and Beyonce star in the “About Love” campaignAt the centre of the campaign is the jeweller’s signature yellow Tiffany Diamond, worn by the “Formation” singer.

Beyonce and Jay-Z are giving off royalty vibes in a new campaign!

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorTiffany & Co. has unveiled the first part of its new ad campaign, “About Love,” starring Beyoncé and Jay-Z.

Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Beyoncé is also styled in mesh gloves, with a hairstyle similar to Holly Golightly’s signature updo but a little more relaxed for 2021. Adding to the luxury, is also photographed in front of a never-before-seen Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Tiffany Blue painting, “Equals Pi.” According to a press release, the Carters collaborated closely with Tiffany’s on the campaign.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorMusic producer Nellee Hooper, who has worked with leading acts such as Massive Attack, Soul II Soul, Sade, U2, Madonna and Bjork, has taken the role of head of cultural partnerships at NFT venture Throne, as well as being one of its founding partners as previously reported.Hooper will be responsible for “introducing the Throne NFT ecosystem and the new value of NFTs to the creative community as well as to cultural icons in various genres of the arts,” Throne explained.Hooper said: “With my first paycheck from the first Soul II Soul album, I wasn’t into flashy cars or fancy jewellery, I walked into Sotheby’s auction house and bought a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting called ‘Ellington’ – it was the

musical phenomenon called hip-hop.“The most recent fad to catch on with kids in our big cities and metropolitan areas is rapping,” the Blondie singer explained to the audience on the network variety show “Solid Gold,” in 1981. After mentioning some of the genre’s rising stars from the Bronx — the Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Flash, the Funky 4 + 1 — Harry introduced her band’s latest rap-inspired video. “Using our new single, ‘Rapture,’” Harry said, in a professorial tone, “Blondie and some of our friends put together a number to show you what rapping in the street scene is like.”What followed remains one of the most surprising, delightful and groundbreaking videos of all time.

Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure,” will feature over 200 rarely and never-been-seen artworks by the late black artist, who focused on race and inequality.The exhibition — which takes its name from Basquiat’s 1987 painting “King Pleasure,” inspired by the jazz vocalist who gained fame for the hit “Moody’s Mood for Love” — will feature many of his paintings, drawings, multimedia projects and artifacts that have been kept from the public eye for decades.

Greenwich Entertainment has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to the documentary feature Kenny Scharf: When Worlds Collide. The film is slated to debut in theaters and on digital platforms across the country on April 23.

EXCLUSIVE: Bohemian Rhapsody and The Theory Of Everything scribe Anthony McCarten has made a deal for his Muse of Fire Productions banner to reteam with financier/producer Compelling Pictures for a feature adaptation of McCarten’s upcoming play The Collaboration. McCarten has already begun writing the script for a film that focuses on the extraordinary creative relationship between artists Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol in the 1980s, and how contrasting beliefs became the propulsion for their work together.

last-minute Valentine's Day gifts, the Coach Valentine's Day Sale has so many discounts, it'll be hard to walk away empty-handed. The brand is offering tons of discounts including their popular handbags, shoes, accessories and clothing.Along with sale items, Coach has an expansive gift guide shoppers can browse through, including handbag styles from the brand's collaboration featuring the art works of Jean-Michel Basquiat and an exclusive Hutton bag designed with Jennifer Lopez. Coach is clearly a favorite among celebs. In addition to Lopez, stars such as Selena Gomez, Megan Thee Stallion and Michael B.

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Coach Holiday Sale is the perfect sale event for last-minute shopping this holiday season. The brand is offering an extra 15% off sale styles — which are already up to 50% off — including their popular handbags, shoes, accessories and clothing.Along with sale items, Coach has an expansive gift guide shoppers can browse through, including handbag styles from the brand's collaboration featuring the art works of Jean-Michel Basquiat and an exclusive Hutton bag designed with Jennifer Lopez. Coach is clearly a favorite among celebs.

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