{"id":11834,"date":"2025-02-06T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcostastudio.pt\/clients\/waau\/site\/\/?p=11834"},"modified":"2025-02-03T19:45:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T19:45:51","slug":"currier-museum-of-art-presents-jean-michel-basquiat-and-ouattara-watts-a-distant-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcostastudio.pt\/clients\/waau\/site\/2025\/02\/06\/currier-museum-of-art-presents-jean-michel-basquiat-and-ouattara-watts-a-distant-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"CURRIER MUSEUM OF ART presents &#8220;Jean-Michel Basquiat and Ouattara Watts: A Distant Conversation&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The exhibition brings together six artworks by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960\u20131988), one of the most celebrated and influential artists of his generation, and seven large canvases by New York\u2013based Ivorian painter Ouattara Watts (b. 1957). The two artists first met in 1988 at the opening of Basquiat\u2019s solo show at Yvon Lambert Gallery in Paris, which was held only seven months prior to his death. Following this first encounter, the two artists quickly established a strong intellectual connection and artistic partnership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jean-Michel Basquiat and Ouattara Watts: A Distant Conversation imagines how their artistic alliance and mutual influence could have evolved over time and demonstrates how, despite Basquiat\u2019s untimely death, their dialogue and spiritual exchange have effectively continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jean-Michel Basquiat and Ouattara Watts: A Distant Conversation is on view from October 26, 2024, through February 23, 2025. This exhibition is generously supported by Jessica O\u2019Rourke McKeon. 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