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  • 1. What nationality was Jean-Michel Basquiat?
A) French
B) British
C) American
D) Italian
  • 2. In what year was Basquiat born?
A) 1950
B) 1970
C) 1980
D) 1960
  • 3. Which artistic movement was Basquiat associated with?
A) Cubism
B) Minimalism
C) Neo-expressionism
D) Surrealism
  • 4. What was Basquiat's graffiti artist tag name?
A) STERLING RUBY
B) SAMO
C) BANKSY
D) KEITH HARING
  • 5. What was Basquiat's father's profession?
A) Musician
B) Accountant
C) Architect
D) Painter
  • 6. At what age did Basquiat first exhibit his artwork in a public exhibition?
A) 25
B) 17
C) 13
D) 21
  • 7. Which artist was a close friend of Basquiat and also tragically died young?
A) Robert Rauschenberg
B) Jasper Johns
C) Keith Haring
D) Cy Twombly
  • 8. Which museum held a major retrospective of Basquiat's work in 1992?
A) The Louvre
B) Whitney Museum of American Art
C) Guggenheim Museum
D) Tate Modern
  • 9. In what year did Basquiat achieve international fame?
A) 1990
B) 1982
C) 1975
D) 2005
  • 10. Which famous artist did Basquiat collaborate with on paintings in the 1980s?
A) Pablo Picasso
B) Vincent van Gogh
C) Andy Warhol
D) Jackson Pollock
  • 11. In which city was Jean-Michel Basquiat born?
A) Miami
B) Chicago
C) New York City
D) Los Angeles
  • 12. At what age did Basquiat become the youngest artist to take part in Documenta in Kassel, Germany?
A) 30
B) 21
C) 25
D) 18
  • 13. What themes did Basquiat's art often focus on?
A) Wealth versus poverty, integration versus segregation, and inner versus outer experience
B) Abstract patterns
C) Nature and landscapes
D) Portraits of celebrities
  • 14. In what year did an Untitled painting by Basquiat sell for $110.5 million?
A) 2020
B) 2008
C) 1999
D) 2017
  • 15. What was the name of the book Jean-Michel Basquiat and Marc Prozzo created when he was seven?
A) The Adventures of SAMO
B) A children's book written by Basquiat at age seven and illustrated by Prozzo
C) Basquiat's Diary
D) The Art of Graffiti
  • 16. What injury did Basquiat sustain in 1968?
A) Concussion
B) Broken arm and several internal injuries requiring a splenectomy
C) Burns
D) Fractured leg
  • 17. Which languages was Basquiat fluent in by the age of 11?
A) German, Italian, and Russian
B) Japanese, Chinese, and Korean
C) French, Spanish, and English
D) Arabic, Hebrew, and Turkish
  • 18. Where did Basquiat's family move to in 1974?
A) Miami, Florida
B) Miramar, Puerto Rico
C) Houston, Texas
D) Los Angeles, California
  • 19. What school did Basquiat attend after moving back to Brooklyn in 1976?
A) Brooklyn Technical High School
B) Queens High School for the Sciences
C) Stuyvesant High School
D) Edward R. Murrow High School
  • 20. What alternative high school did Basquiat enroll in?
A) High School of Art and Design
B) City-As-School
C) Stuyvesant High School
D) Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
  • 21. What was the original meaning behind the acronym 'SAMO'?
A) Street Art Movement Organization
B) Society of American Modernists
C) Save Art, Make Ourselves Known
D) 'Same old shit'
  • 22. Which publication featured an article about the SAMO graffiti in December 1978?
A) Rolling Stone
B) High Times
C) The Village Voice
D) Artforum
  • 23. On which television show did Basquiat appear in 1979, hosted by Glenn O'Brien?
A) Late Night with David Letterman
B) TV Party
C) The Tonight Show
D) Saturday Night Live
  • 24. Which band did Basquiat and Michael Holman found in April 1979?
A) The Clash
B) Gray
C) Test Pattern
D) The Ramones
  • 25. Where did Basquiat live with his girlfriend Alexis Adler during the late 1970s?
A) East Village
B) Lower Manhattan
C) Greenwich Village
D) Harlem
  • 26. What type of diagrams did Basquiat often copy from Alexis Adler's textbooks?
A) Chemical compound diagrams
B) Mathematical equations
C) Anatomical diagrams
D) Biological cell diagrams
  • 27. Where did Basquiat sell his postcards in SoHo?
A) Hurrah
B) CBGB
C) Max's Kansas City
D) W.P.A. restaurant
  • 28. What was the title of the postcard sold to Andy Warhol?
A) The State of the Outlaw Art
B) Stupid Games, Bad Ideas
C) SAMO© AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO GOD
D) MAN MADE
  • 29. What was the name of Basquiat's clothing line created at A's?
A) "MAN MADE"
B) "GRAY"
C) "SAMO"
D) "TEST PATTERN"
  • 30. Which boutique carried Basquiat's clothing line in November 1979?
A) Maxfield Parrish Gallery
B) Patricia Field's upscale boutique
C) The Limelight Storefront
D) Annina Nosei Gallery
  • 31. In which year did Jean-Michel Basquiat participate in The Times Square Show?
A) 1980
B) 1979
C) 1982
D) 1981
  • 32. Who mentioned Basquiat in an article titled 'Report from Times Square'?
A) Diego Cortez
B) Sandro Chia
C) Jeffrey Deitch
D) Rene Ricard
  • 33. Which magazine published Rene Ricard's article 'The Radiant Child'?
A) Artforum
B) Rolling Stone
C) Art in America
D) Vogue
  • 34. What was the title of Basquiat's first painting sold to Debbie Harry?
A) Radiant Child
B) Cadillac Moon
C) Rapture
D) Downtown 81
  • 35. Who financially supported Jean-Michel Basquiat during his early career?
A) Suzanne Mallouk
B) Debbie Harry
C) Annina Nosei
D) Emilio Mazzoli
  • 36. Which gallery did Annina Nosei invite Basquiat to join?
A) Fashion Moda
B) P.S.1
C) Gallery in Modena
D) Her own gallery
  • 37. Where was Basquiat's first American one-man show held?
A) Collaborative Projects Incorporated
B) Annina Nosei Gallery
C) P.S.1
D) Modena gallery
  • 38. What was the reason Basquiat gave for canceling his second Italian exhibition?
A) Poor sales at previous exhibitions
B) Disagreement with the curator
C) He felt exploited due to tight deadlines.
D) Lack of interest from the public
  • 39. Who recommended Basquiat's work to Italian dealer Emilio Mazzoli?
A) Sandro Chia
B) Rene Ricard
C) Jeffrey Deitch
D) Annina Nosei
  • 40. In which music video did Basquiat appear as a disc jockey?
A) 'Downtown 81'
B) Blondie's 'Rapture'
C) 'Cadillac Moon'
D) 'Radiant Child'
  • 41. What was the record high for Basquiat's annual auction sales in 2021?
A) $110.5 million
B) $20.1 million
C) $439.6 million
D) $115 million
  • 42. How many of Basquiat's works did Emilio Mazzoli purchase in 1981?
A) Fifteen
B) Twenty
C) Five
D) Ten
  • 43. Which jazz musician was particularly a hero for Basquiat?
A) Louis Armstrong
B) John Coltrane
C) Miles Davis
D) Charlie Parker
  • 44. Who did Basquiat befriend in Paris during his exhibition?
A) Glenn O'Brien
B) Keith Haring
C) Ivorian artist Ouattara Watts
D) Francesco Clemente
  • 45. What was the name of the imprint under which Jean-Michel Basquiat pressed the limited edition 'Beat Bop' record?
A) Interview
B) Tartown Inc.
C) Whitney Biennial
D) Gemini G.E.L.
  • 46. What is a major theme in Basquiat's Slave Auction (1982) and Jim Crow (1986)?
A) The Industrial Revolution
B) African-American history
C) Space exploration
D) Medieval European battles
  • 47. Which book significantly influenced Jean-Michel Basquiat's depictions of human anatomy?
A) Anatomy for Artists
B) The Anatomy of the Human Body
C) Human Physiology
D) Gray's Anatomy
  • 48. By what percentage did Basquiat's annual auction sales fall in 2022?
A) 75%
B) 25%
C) 100%
D) 50%
  • 49. In what year did the authentication committee announce its dissolution?
A) 2023
B) 2016
C) 2008
D) 2012
  • 50. In which year did Basquiat's first public showing of paintings and drawings occur at MoMA PS1?
A) 1985
B) 1981
C) 1983
D) 1979
  • 51. How many drawings did Jean-Michel Basquiat produce during his career?
A) Around 1,500
B) Over 2,000
C) Around 600
D) Less than 1,000
  • 52. Who organized a show of Jean-Michel Basquiat's work at her friend's New York apartment in April 1983?
A) Jennifer Goode
B) Lee Jaffe
C) Paige Powell
D) Madonna
  • 53. Who curated the exhibition Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure?
A) Basquiat's family
B) Marc Mayer
C) Rene Ricard
D) Franklin Sirmans
  • 54. Who found Jean-Michel Basquiat unresponsive?
A) Paige Powell
B) His girlfriend Kelle Inman
C) Glenn O'Brien
D) Keith Haring
  • 55. Which art historian situates Basquiat's anatomical screen prints as an assertion of vulnerability?
A) Fred Hoffman
B) Pablo Picasso
C) Olivier Berggruen
D) Kellie Jones
  • 56. What was the highest amount paid for an original work of Basquiat's before 2002?
A) $10 million
B) $5.5 million
C) $20 million
D) $3.3 million
  • 57. What was the title of the exhibition that caused a rift in Jean-Michel Basquiat's friendship with Andy Warhol?
A) Zenith
B) Taxi, 45th/Broadway
C) Olympics (1984)
D) Paintings
  • 58. Which fashion designer's runway did Jean-Michel Basquiat walk for in 1985?
A) Armani
B) Boone
C) Gagosian
D) Comme des Garçons
  • 59. Which art critic wrote that Basquiat experienced a good taste of fame in his last years?
A) Hilton Kramer
B) Robert Hughes
C) Franklin Sirmans
D) Bonnie Rosenberg
  • 60. In which year did Basquiat appear on the cover of The New York Times Magazine?
A) 1987
B) 1984
C) 1985
D) 1986
  • 61. Where did Jean-Michel Basquiat move into a loft owned by Andy Warhol in August 1983?
A) 57 Great Jones Street, NoHo
B) Venice Beach, California
C) Salzburg, Austria
D) Market Street studio space
  • 62. Who compared Basquiat's work to the emergence of hip-hop?
A) Franklin Sirmans
B) Niru Ratnam
C) Rene Ricard
D) David Bowie
  • 63. Which painting by Basquiat references Charlie Parker?
A) Charles the First (1982)
B) King Zulu (1986)
C) Horn Players (1983)
D) Untitled (Axe/Rene) (1984)
  • 64. What was the sale price of Untitled (Head) (1982) in June 2020?
A) $20.9 million
B) $15.2 million
C) $41.8 million
D) $10.8 million
  • 65. Which artist was a collector of Basquiat's works?
A) Andy Warhol
B) Robert Hughes
C) David Bowie
D) Franklin Sirmans
  • 66. What was the title of the collaborative work Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol created for the 1984 Summer Olympics?
A) Taxi, 45th/Broadway
B) Olympics (1984)
C) Paintings
D) Zenith
  • 67. What was the sale price of Self-Portrait as a Heel (Part Two) (1982) at Sotheby's in 2023?
A) $67.1 million
B) $48.3 million
C) $42 million
D) $46.5 million
  • 68. What was the cost of obtaining an opinion from Basquiat's authentication committee?
A) $200
B) $100
C) $50
D) $500
  • 69. Who purchased Basquiat's first painting in 1981?
A) Singer Debbie Harry
B) Drummer Lars Ulrich
C) Mary Boone
D) Gallerist Emilio Mazzoli
  • 70. What was the title of Rene Ricard's article that brought Basquiat to the attention of the art world?
A) Child Prodigy
B) The Radiant Artist
C) Radiant Child
D) Basquiat: The Rising Star
  • 71. Who sued the Basquiat authentication committee in 2008?
A) Tony Shafrazi
B) Basquiat's sisters
C) Guido Orsi
D) Gerard De Geer
  • 72. What was the title of the painting Jean-Michel Basquiat created after his first meeting with Andy Warhol?
A) Dos Cabezas
B) A Panel of Experts
C) Hollywood Africans
D) Equals Pi
  • 73. Who purchased Untitled (1982) for $57.3 million at Christie's in 2017?
A) Drummer Lars Ulrich
B) American businessman Ken Griffin
C) Gallerist Emilio Mazzoli
D) Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa
  • 74. What did Basquiat design for André Heller's Luna Luna amusement park?
A) A carousel
B) A roller coaster
C) A Ferris wheel
D) A bumper car attraction
  • 75. Where is Jean-Michel Basquiat buried?
A) Hamburg
B) Cabrini Medical Center
C) Manhattan's Central Park
D) Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery
  • 76. What did Basquiat paint on during this period?
A) Blank walls
B) Canvas only
C) Leather jackets
D) Objects found in the streets
  • 77. Basquiat reclaims blackness from what process?
A) Political marginalization
B) Cultural appropriation
C) "Aesthetic colonization"
D) Economic exploitation
  • 78. Which artist's work did Jean-Michel Basquiat take considerable interest in while visiting Gemini G.E.L.?
A) Madonna
B) Robert Rauschenberg
C) George Condo
D) Andy Warhol
  • 79. What was the sale price of Sugar Ray Robinson (1982) at Christie's in 2022?
A) $32.6 million
B) $46.5 million
C) $42 million
D) $67.1 million
  • 80. Who got to know Basquiat well as the editor of Artforum?
A) Paige Powell
B) Francesco Clemente
C) Keith Haring
D) Ingrid Sischy
  • 81. Which spiritual tradition's symbolism is alluded to by the skulls in Basquiat's paintings such as Red Skull and Untitled?
A) Buddhist philosophy
B) Islamic art
C) Haitian Vodou
D) Christian iconography
  • 82. Which piece by Basquiat juxtaposes evolutionary science with themes of marginality?
A) Dustheads
B) Untitled (Charles Darwin)
C) Hollywood Africans
D) Irony of Negro Policeman
  • 83. Which art dealer became Jean-Michel Basquiat's worldwide representative after he left the Annina Nosei Gallery?
A) Fay Gold
B) Mary Boone
C) Larry Gagosian
D) Bruno Bischofberger
  • 84. What was the name of the nightclub where Jean-Michel Basquiat sometimes worked as a DJ?
A) Whisky a Go Go
B) Area
C) Tail o' the Pup
D) Palladium
  • 85. What does Basquiat's depiction of the black body resist?
A) Traditional portraiture
B) Surrealist techniques
C) Reductive racial representations
D) Abstract forms
  • 86. What was the name of Jean-Michel Basquiat's girlfriend who he claimed would become famous?
A) Lee Jaffe
B) Jennifer Goode
C) Paige Powell
D) Madonna
  • 87. How much did singer Debbie Harry pay for Basquiat's first painting?
A) $5,000
B) $10,000
C) $3.3 million
D) $200
  • 88. Who sold Profit I (1982) at Christie's in 2002?
A) Gallerist Emilio Mazzoli
B) Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa
C) Singer Debbie Harry
D) Drummer Lars Ulrich
  • 89. Which app announced the sale of an untitled drawing on paper for $10.8 million in 2020?
A) Fair Warning
B) Phillips App
C) Christie's App
D) Sotheby's App
  • 90. Which nightclub did Jean-Michel Basquiat paint murals for?
A) Area
B) Whisky a Go Go
C) Palladium
D) Tail o' the Pup
  • 91. For how much did Yusaku Maezawa sell Untitled (1982) at Phillips in 2022?
A) $110.5 million
B) $57.3 million
C) $85 million
D) $20.9 million
  • 92. What year were three paintings displayed as Basquiats at the FIAC revealed to be fakes?
A) 1994
B) 2014
C) 2007
D) 2002
  • 93. What was the sale price of Crowns (Peso Neto) (1981) at Sotheby's in 2025?
A) $48.3 million
B) $67.1 million
C) $42 million
D) $46.5 million
  • 94. Who photographed Basquiat at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery?
A) Glenn O'Brien
B) Allen Ginsberg
C) Keith Haring
D) Francesco Clemente
  • 95. What cultural elements are suggested by the heads in Basquiat's works like Untitled (Two Heads on Gold) and Philistines?
A) African masks, suggesting a cultural reclamation
B) Japanese samurai helmets
C) : European classical art
D) American pop culture
  • 96. Who read a poem by Langston Hughes at Basquiat's memorial?
A) David Shapiro
B) Ingrid Sischy
C) John Lurie
D) His friend Fab 5 Freddy
  • 97. Basquiat's relationship with which culture enriches his aesthetic of blackness?
A) Hip-hop culture
B) Opera
C) Jazz
D) Classical music
  • 98. Which city did Jean-Michel Basquiat visit for an exhibition organized by Bruno Bischofberger in October 1986?
A) Paris, France
B) Atlanta, Georgia
C) Salzburg, Austria
D) Abidjan, Ivory Coast
  • 99. In which city did Jean-Michel Basquiat have his last exhibition on the West Coast in January 1986?
A) Los Angeles
B) Paris
C) New York City
D) Atlanta, Georgia
  • 100. Where was the public memorial for Basquiat held?
A) Saint Peter's Church
B) Cabrini Medical Center
C) Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel
D) Yvon Lambert Gallery
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