Person: Jean-Michel Basquiat

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

fashion and beauty

Gallery: Cool edits for a hot summer

Esther N McCarthy looks at the best picks to help you sizzle this season, from travel-friendly fragrances to summer salads and must-have make-up palettes.

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Tried and tested: St. Tropez's bronzing face mask

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Product watch: Must have beauty buys for May

news

Adam Clayton’s Basquiat to fetch €1.8m

business

Gerhard Richter painting withdrawn from Christie's London auction

world

Banksy draws mixed reaction in NYC

Big names join Jay-Z for new track

Jay-Z collaborates with Justin Timberlake, Beyonce and Pharrell Williams on one track.

Tue, 02 Jul, 2013

Christie’s art auction sets ‘staggering’ $495m record

A blockbuster auction of Contemporary art in New York — including a record $58.4m (€45.1m) for a Jackson Pollock drip painting — fetched nearly half a billion dollars — the biggest haul ever at an art auction.

Fri, 17 May, 2013

Painting once owned by U2 sells for £6.8m as modern art auction booms

Paintings by Francis Bacon, Gerhard Richter and Jean-Michel Basquiat racked up over £74m (€85m) in the year’s first major test of demand for contemporary art.

Thu, 14 Feb, 2013

Bacon self-portrait could fetch up to €18m at NY auction

A Francis Bacon triptych self-portrait is estimated to sell for up to $24m (€18.4m) at a sale in London next month.

Thu, 10 Jan, 2013

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Sat, 08 Jan, 2011

€26m for Warhol self-portrait

A LATE self-portrait by “pope of pop” Andy Warhol sold for a record €25.8 million at Sotheby’s in New York, underlining the return of big spenders to the international art market.

Fri, 14 May, 2010

U2's Basquiat artwork could fetch £6m

A painting owned by rock group U2 could fetch up to £6m (€7.6m) at auction today.

Tue, 01 Jul, 2008