Basquiat: Figures, Signs, Symbols

Step into the world of Jean-Michel Basquiat with Basquiat: Figures, Signs, Symbols—a striking exhibition catalogue exploring the artist’s final years, creative experiments, and unmistakable visual language. Featuring ten masterworks from the Kenneth C. Griffin Collection, this catalogue brings together rarely seen works, including Untitled “Skull,” In Italian, Untitled (Baptismal), and Pez Dispenser, alongside one of Basquiat’s rare sculptures. Together, these works reveal an artist constantly pushing boundaries and transforming ideas into something entirely his own.

From graffiti and comic books to Renaissance anatomy, music, fashion, and the vibrant culture of 1980s New York, Basquiat mixed imagery, words, color, and gesture into a visual vocabulary that still feels electric today. His Puerto Rican and Haitian heritage also plays an important role, adding layers of history and identity to his work. Created to accompany the exhibition at Pérez Art Museum Miami, Basquiat: Figures, Signs, Symbols offers a closer look at one of the most influential artists of his generation and the incredible legacy he left behind.

Explore the symbols. Decode the signs. Discover Basquiat.

• Hardcover
• 120 Pages with 65 Illustrations
• Dimension: 9 x 11 in

Edited with foreword and text by Franklin Sirmans. Text by Megan Kincaid. Chronology by Jaimie Ludwig.