‘It was a perfect match’: how Basquiat found inspiration in California

The artist was mostly known for his work in New York yet in the early 80s, he found a new kind of artistic output out westAfter years creating street art, Jean-Michel Basquiat began his meteoric rise to fame in 1980 with a breakthrough exhibition as part of the Times Square Show. From there, the artist would go on to become the toast of the Big Apple, with a name-making profile in Artforum, his first sale going to the NYC punk icon Debbie Harry, and a budding creative and personal relationship w