Member Talk: “Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation”

Enjoy this five-minute introduction to “Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation” from Liz Munsell, Lorraine and Alan Bressler Curator of Contemporary Art. Tickets are now available for this special exhibition, on view in the Ann and Graham Gund Gallery through May 16, 2021. Learn about Jean Michel-Basquiat and 12 of his contemporaries who defined the post-graffiti moment in 1980s New York City as they brought street art from city walls and subway trains onto canvas and into the art world.