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Basquiat and Warhol's 'intimate friendship' explored in Young Vic drama by Chris Wiegand

Jeremy Pope and Paul Bettany play the art legends in The Collaboration staged by artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah It promised to be a knockout exhibition, with both artists wearing boxing gloves on the poster. But the eagerly anticipated 1985 show of joint works by old master Andy Warhol and bright new star Jean-Michel Basquiat was thumped by critics when it opened in New York. Now, the story behind the exhibition …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AM on November 24, 2021

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