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Billionaire Collector Ken Griffin's Basquiat Buying Spree Continues | Artnet News

Artnet News·Eileen Kinsella Senior Market Editor·about 2 months ago
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Art collector Ken Griffin can’t seem to stop acquiring Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings! An exhibition of Griffin’s Basquiats that will open at the Pérez Art Museum Miami in June is accompanied by press materials that include In Italian (1983), which is notable because the work was previously owned by collector Peter Brant . (His Brant Foundation surveyed the artist’s work in 2019 at its location in Manhattan’s East Village, some may recall.) A representative for Brant did not respond to request for comment. A rep for Griffin confirmed that the painting will be in the show. The painting is visible in photos of a New York residence owned by Brant and his wife Stephanie Seymour that have been posted on social media, including one by fellow top collector Yusaka Maezawa , who’s also a Basquiat aficionado. Basquiat painted In Italian in 1983 on Crosby Street. Before entering Brant’s collection, it was owned by Pop art king Andy Warhol , who got it from Basquiat in a trade.…

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