“Basquiat” is trending in the streets of Twitter after a never-before-seen painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat is featured in JAY-Z and Beyoncé’s new “About Love” campaign for Tiffany & Co.
In typical Twitter fashion, you have some people gagging over how dope the artwork, you have some who feel a way about Basquiat’s artwork being used in an advertisement, and there are others who are raising an eyebrow as JAY-Z’s obsession with the late great artist.
Peep the tweets below.
Now everyone is suddenly a Basquiat enthusiast? “He wouldn’t want this” did he tell you this via oujia board? pic.twitter.com/Y2YVd4SLxR
I woke up to Basquiat trending and new followers and as I say, and always say, I rarely comment on Basquiat and when I speak, I promise you all will know it. I have publicly never had an opinion about the commercialization of Basquiat. That deserves thoughtful meditation
