What is art? It’s an age-old question art lovers and loathers alike have grappled with for centuries—especially since 20th-century art movements challenged the very meaning of the word by deconstructing virtually everything considered classical.
Enter Jean-Michel Basquiat, who transformed what looks like scribble into serious art. Coming out of New York’s downtown scene in the late 1970s and early ’80s, he built paintings from crowns, figures, fragments of language, anatomy, symbols, crossed-out words, and the kind of marks that look almost impulsive—until you start seeing the rhythm and intention behind them.
That raw, hand-drawn energy is exactly what makes his work so compelling on fabric. These large-format prints are packed with visual detail—the spontaneity of a sketchbook page and the graphic punch of graffiti. They transform any pattern into a signature garment.
Basquiat died in 1988 at just 27, but in his brief career he created a body of work that has since been exhibited by major museums including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art New York, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, and the Fondation Louis Vuitton.
To celebrate the release of these impeccable Italian-milled cotton poplin prints, I’m delighted to bring you a special on our entire curation of over 200
Arty Prints.
