In the mid-1980s, two giants of contemporary art — Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol — came together to produce one of the most unexpected and electric collaborations in art history. Their joint paintings, created between 1983 and 1985, combined Warhol’s polished commercial iconography with Basquiat’s raw, expressive mark-making. Warhol would often begin the canvas with corporate logos, newspaper headlines, or silkscreened imagery — then Basquiat would attack the surface with frenetic brushwork, text, and figures, creating a visual dialogue that reflected the tension and respect between them. The result: over 160 collaborative works, bold, chaotic, and undeniably powerful. The series was showcased in a major 1985 exhibition at Tony Shafrazi Gallery in New York, which was initially panned by critics but has since become legendary. Today, these works are recognized as a pivotal moment in both artists’ careers — a raw snapshot of downtown NYC culture and the collision of fame, race, ...