{"id":12575,"date":"2025-10-22T21:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T21:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/12575\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T21:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T21:47:09","slug":"visit-the-nyc-street-now-named-after-basquiat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/12575\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit the NYC Street Now Named After Basquiat"},"content":{"rendered":"

A New York City street lined with boutique stores, galleries, a bustling fire station, and a multi-story parking lot is now named after Jean-Michel Basquiat. On Tuesday, October 21, City Council and the Basquiat Estate officially designated a stretch of Great Jones Street in Lower Manhattan in honor of the late artist.<\/p>\n

Basquiat resided and worked at 57 Great Jones Street in Manhattan\u2019s NoHo neighborhood in a warehouse leased from fellow artist Andy Warhol for five years before he died of an overdose in 1988 at the age of 27. The street naming is a recognition of the \u201cvisionary Black artist who helped redefine modern art through his bold, expressive, and socially conscious work,\u201d a City Council press release said.<\/p>\n

Rather than replacing the previous street name, the city added a third sign for \u201cJean-Michel Basquiat Way\u201d at the intersection of Bowery and Great Jones in what it called a \u201cco-naming.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"\"57 Great Jones Street is now home to Atelier Jolie.<\/p>\n

\"\"The city added a third sign to the intersection of Bowery and Great Jones.<\/p>\n

Born to a Haitian father and Puerto Rican mother in Brooklyn, Basquiat was already gaining traction in the art world by his early 20s, breaking through in the early 1980s with characteristic works that depicted human heads and elements of graffiti. In 1978, he sold a hand-painted postcard to Warhol after approaching the artist in a SoHo restaurant, and later moved into Warhol\u2019s NoHo building. During his about decade-long career, Basquiat produced an estimated 2,000 drawings and 1,000 paintings, selling posthumously for up to $110.5 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a cultural pioneer who expanded the public\u2019s relationship with and access to art,\u201d City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams said in a press release shared with Hyperallergic. \u201cThroughout his career, Jean Michel-Basquiat pushed boundaries to inspire critical conversations about power, racial, and social justice that persist today.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"A plaque on 57 Great Jones Street recognizes Basquiat\u2019s time in the building and contributions to the art world.<\/p>\n

At a ceremony on Tuesday, Basquiat\u2019s relatives, including his sister Lisane Basquiat and nephew Raymond Joseph Basquiat, celebrated the new street name.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like he changed the culture,\u201d Raymond Joseph told ABC 7<\/a>. Lisane, who administers the artist\u2019s estate alongside her sister Jeanine Heriveaux, told the news outlet her brother would \u201cfeel so acknowledged and honored.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since actress Angelina Jolie acquired<\/a> the building in 2023, 57 Great Jones Street has been home to Atelier Jolie, an art center that hosts residencies and exhibitions, and Eat Offbeat Caf\u00e9, a restaurant that employs immigrant and refugee chefs.<\/p>\n

A plaque already exists on the building, covered in graffiti. \u201cBasquiat\u2019s paintings and other work challenged established notions of high and low art, race and class, while forging a visionary language that defied characterization,\u201d it reads.<\/p>\n

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