Basquiat was a regular on New York’s downtown club scene. The faces he met often played a prominent role on his canvas - we explore some of the famous faces featured in the Basquiat: Boom for Real exhibition.
We launch our 2018 annual theme, The Art of Change, by speaking to some of the artists from our programme to find out how they see art as a vehicle of change.
Mercury-nominated Soul singer Carleen Anderson performs her song 'Before Me' from her latest album 'Cage Street Memorial'.
Poet and rapper Jack Miguel performs his piece 'Casino', inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat's work, in the 'Self-Portrait' room of the 'Basquiat: Boom for Real' exhibition.
London-based electronic musician felicita performs Track 6 from the 2016 'a new family' EP in our Conservatory.
Tim Lawrence remembers the cultural renaissance that was downtown New York's music scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s. From SoHo warehouses to Mudd Clubb, we look at how Basquiat's passion for New York's music scene influenced his artistic style
Basquiat took inspiration from a dizzying array of source material - how many literary references can you spot?
In this conversation from 2004, Attenborough talks to Quentin Falk about the film adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel, 'Brighton Rock'.
Maddy Costa chats to Katie Mitchell and Alice Birch about gender inequality and how they worked together on 'The Malady of Death'.
From Prince to David Byrne to Donna Summer and Bach, we listen to the music that might have been on Basquiat's playlist
Lois Weaver and Peggy Shaw of Split Britches talk to theatre writer and journalist Carole Woddis about their latest show, changing perceptions, hidden resources and hope.
