New Banksy Murals Pay Homage to Basquiat

The new murals coincide with the opening on Thursday of Basquiat: Boom for Real at the Barbican Centre, the artist’s first major exhibition in the UK. Though Basquiat died when he was just 27, many cite his work as a street artist — scrawling the distinctive “SAMO” tag, often accompanied by short poems, on buildings in Lower Manhattan — as a key component in the development of his Neo-Expressionist painting style.

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Banksy mural near the Barbican Centre (via banksy.co.uk)