"I draw first, and then I paint like Jean-Michel. I think the paintings we make together are better when we don't know who has done what" – Andy Warhol. In the spring of 2023, Fondation Louis Vuitton will be holding Basquiat x Warhol… Painting 4 hands, the most important exhibition ever devoted to the collaborative work of these two artists. The exhibition will feature more than 100 jointly signed paintings, in addition to individual works by Basquiat and Warhol, and works by other major artists (Keith Haring, Jenny Holzer, Kenny Scharf, etc.) in order to recreate the New York downtown art scene of the 1980s. From 1984 to 1985, Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) and Andy Warhol (1928–1987) jointly produced about 160 paintings, some of the largest in their respective careers. A genuine artistic dialogue of style and form had developed between them that dealt equally well with crucial issues such as the integration of the African-American community into the narrative of North America, a continent where Warhol was a major manufacturer of icons. SELLING POINTS: . Published to accompany an exhibition at Fondation Louis Vuitton from 5 April to 28 August 2023 . The collaboration between the two artists, legends of the New York avant-garde, through more than a hundred of their joint works

Table of Contents:
6 Foreword BERNARD ARNAULT 8 Preface SUZANNE PAGÉ 14 Basquiat × Warhol: A Dialogue in Contradictions DIETER BUCHHART 38 A FRIENDSHIP 62 Collaborations – Reflections on the Experiences with Basquiat, Clemente, and Warhol BRUNO BISCHOFBERGER 68 Interview BRUNO BISCHOFBERGER WITH DIETER BUCHHART 72 BASQUIAT, CLEMENTE, WARHOL 86 Interview FRANCESCO CLEMENTE WITH DIETER BUCHHART 102 Basquiat and Warhol: Art, Identity, and Commerce in the 1980s JORDANA MOORE SAGGESE 112 CREATING A VISUAL LANGUAGE 120 Interview JAY SHRIVER WITH DIETER BUCHHART 126 CONVERSATIONS ON CANVAS 142 Interview PAIGE POWELL WITH DIETER BUCHHART 148 LARGER THAN LIFE 162 Interview NICK RHODES WITH DIETER BUCHHART AND ANNA KARINA HOFBAUER 174 THEMES AND VARIATIONS 196 “The illegitimate children of this artistic union …”: Expanded Contexts for Basquiat’s Collaborations GWENDOLYN DUBOIS SHAW 204 THE NEW YORK DOWNTOWN ART SCENE OF THE 1980S 230 Disco Pentimenti OLIVIER MICHELON 236 SERIES 250 Painting the Third Mind KEITH HARING 252 HEADLINE PAINTINGS 272 The Personal and Political in Basquiat and Warhol’s Ten Punching Bags JESSICA BECK 284 Interview MICHAEL HALSBAND WITH DIETER BUCHHART AND ANNA KARINA HOFBAUER 296 Interview TONY SHAFRAZI WITH CARLO McCORMICK 302 PAINTING FOUR HANDS 322 Shared Individuality VALENTINA FRUTIG 326 Interview LISANE BASQUIAT AND JEANINE HERIVEAUX WITH SOPHIA LOREN HERIVEAUX 344 Chronology ANTONIO ROSA DE PAULI 358 EXHIBITIONS TIMELINE 360 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 362 AUTHORS’ BIOGRAPHIES