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Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol: ’80s cool kid and the king of Pop art. It was an unlikely pairing, but one that won the hearts of art lovers everywhere. Immortalised in Julian Schnabel’s fictionalised biopic “Basquiat” and continually revived through the photo sharing of Tumblr-obsessed millennials, the friendship between Basquiat and Warhol continues to be a source of fascination. Looking at fond memories from their inner circle, collected by Tamra Davis and retold in her documentary “Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child”, we trace the tumultuous relationship between two of the art world’s finest.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"blockquote","text":"\"I'd never seen Andy so close with anyone, and I'd never seen Jean so close with anyone \u2013 these guys really loved each other\" \u2013 Jeffrey Deitch","source":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":70581,"id":70581,"title":"White-Background-copy-3-1","filename":"White-Background-copy-3-1.jpg","filesize":771181,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/White-Background-copy-3-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/warhol-basquiat-bromance\/white-background-copy-3-1\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"Right: Jean-Michel Basquiat \"Dos Cabezas\", courtesy of everypainterpaintshimself.com","name":"white-background-copy-3-1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":55910,"date":"2018-09-25 08:02:19","modified":"2018-09-25 08:02:26","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1500,"height":514,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/White-Background-copy-3-1.jpg","thumbnail-width":128,"thumbnail-height":44,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/White-Background-copy-3-1.jpg","medium-width":1500,"medium-height":514,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/White-Background-copy-3-1.jpg","medium_large-width":1500,"medium_large-height":514,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/White-Background-copy-3-1.jpg","large-width":1500,"large-height":514,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/White-Background-copy-3-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":1500,"1536x1536-height":514,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/White-Background-copy-3-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1500,"2048x2048-height":514,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/White-Background-copy-3-1.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":18,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":6,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/White-Background-copy-3-1.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":1500,"wpvr_mobile-height":514}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"6","caption":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"
Legend has it that Basquiat first stumbled upon Warhol dining at a restaurant with curator Henry Geldzahler, and sold Warhol a couple of his postcards.\u00a0It’s the moment recreated in the Julian Schnabel-directed biopic, with Andy Warhol played by David Bowie.<\/span> Plenty of friends attest to the truth of this story, but gallerist Bruno Bischofberger claims that he was responsible for the pair’s proper introduction. “I took him for lunch to be photographed for a portrait,” he told Tamra Davis. “Jean-Michel did not want to stay for lunch… about an hour and something later, he arrived with this huge painting.” The polaroid of Andy and Jean-Michel turned into “Dos Cabezas” \u2013 a masterpiece. “Andy said to me, ‘Oh, I’m so jealous!’, and I said, ‘Why?’. He said, ‘He’s faster than me!'”<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":70577,"id":70577,"title":"Basquiat-david-bowie-1533034-852-480","filename":"Basquiat-david-bowie-1533034-852-480-1.jpg","filesize":35963,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Basquiat-david-bowie-1533034-852-480-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/basquiat-david-bowie-1533034-852-480\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"David Bowie as Andy Warhol in \"Basquiat\" dir. by Julian Schnabel, image courtesy of http:\/\/www.cinepremiere.com.mx\/","name":"basquiat-david-bowie-1533034-852-480","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":0,"date":"2018-09-25 07:12:44","modified":"2018-09-25 08:03:20","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":852,"height":480,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Basquiat-david-bowie-1533034-852-480-1.jpg","thumbnail-width":128,"thumbnail-height":72,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Basquiat-david-bowie-1533034-852-480-1.jpg","medium-width":852,"medium-height":480,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Basquiat-david-bowie-1533034-852-480-1.jpg","medium_large-width":852,"medium_large-height":480,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Basquiat-david-bowie-1533034-852-480-1.jpg","large-width":852,"large-height":480,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Basquiat-david-bowie-1533034-852-480-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":852,"1536x1536-height":480,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Basquiat-david-bowie-1533034-852-480-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":852,"2048x2048-height":480,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Basquiat-david-bowie-1533034-852-480-1.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":18,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":10,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Basquiat-david-bowie-1533034-852-480-1.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":852,"wpvr_mobile-height":480}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"6","caption":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":" Plenty speculated about the motives behind this odd, unexpected friendship and many thought the two were using each other for personal gain. Warhol\u2019s longtime studio assistant, Ronny Cutrone, remembers, “It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy\u2019s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel\u2019s new blood. Jean-Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.\u201d \u00a0Others, however, were more convinced of a genuine adoration between the two. Late Interview<\/em>\u00a0editor Glenn O’Brien insisted, “Andy loved Jean-Michel like a son almost”.<\/p>\n Warhol and Basquiat’s friendship was remarkably close. Looking back on Andy’s fondness for Basquiat, fellow artist Fab Five Freddy said, “Andy was really giving great advice. He would be like ‘Jean, did you do this? 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On romance<\/h2>\n