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“They wouldn’t have let Jean-Michel into a Tiffany’s if he wanted to use the bathroom, or, if he went to buy an engagement ring and pulled a wad of cash out of his pocket.
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Stephen Torton, who worked as Basquiat’s assistant, does not think Tiffany would not have welcomed Basquiat when he was alive. from a private collection and had never been publicly displayed until now. The gem-encrusted promo features the painting “Equals Pi” by Basquiat, known for his graffiti-inspired works that focused on class dichotomies in America. Jean-Michel Basquiat’s friends called out Beyoncé and Jay-Z for featuring the late artist’s painting in their new ad for Tiffany & Co. In the campaign, Beyoncé, 40, is seen wearing an enormous $30 million Tiffany yellow diamond necklace while Jay, 51, sports a suit with Jean Schlumberger’s Bird on a Rock brooch repurposed as cufflinks. In a time where there were very few Black artists represented in Western museums, that was his goal: to get to a museum.” Why show it as a prop to an ad?” she said. “Unfortunately, the museums came to Jean’s art late, so most of his art is in private hands and people don’t get to see that art except for the shows. “The commercialization and commodification of Jean and his art at this point - it’s really not what Jean was about,” she said.Īdler said that the anti-capitalist artist, who died at age 27 in 1988, would have wanted his art to be placed in museums so that it’s accessible to the public. ad campaign featuring Beyoncé and Jay-Z posing alongside a painting by the late artist.Īlexis Adler, who lived with Basquiat between 19, told The Daily Beast Sunday, “I’d seen the ad a couple days ago, and I was horrified. Leo haggles over $850K Basquiat drawing at Art Baselįriends and collaborators of Jean-Michel Basquiat say they are “horrified” by the new Tiffany & Co.