While filming Basquiat, the 1996 film from director Julian Schnabel, Jeffrey Wright was tasked with slipping into the world of the artist Jean Michel Basquiat. If the nature of the role wasn’t ...

Painter turned director Julian Schnabel made an auspicious debut with this 1996 film that announced Jeffrey Wight’s career as a reliable character actor. Over the course of the film (and the artist’s ...

Cemented by David Bowie as a spot-on Andy Warhol, Basquiat's supporting cast is a murderers' row of Hollywood legends & art lovers (Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Benecio del Toro, Parker Posey, ...

What artist did David Bowie portray in the 1996 film, "Basquiat?" Who directed Bowie’s 1986 fantasy film, "Labyrinth?" What character did Bowie play in David Lynch‘s "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me?" ...

Such is the popularity of the late visual artist Jean-Michel Basquiat that nowadays, Jay-Z sports a crown of locs inspired by the painter’s trademark dreads. On “Renaissance,” Beyoncé sings of ...

David Bowie playing Warhol, and Jeffrey Wright playing Jean-Michel Basquiat in Basquiat. In this iconic scene, Warhol buys Basquiat's ignorant art. When you are already very rich, there are three sure ...