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portrait of basquiat being welcomed by the metropolitan police

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A queue of fairgoers in line for a Basquiat-themed ferris wheel is the second of two pieces here by Banksy that takes a jab at the Barbican Center’s exhibition for Basquiat whose art career started in the New York graffiti scene of the late 70s and early 80s.

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portrait of basquiat being welcomed by the metropolitan police

from banksy, jean-michel basquiat posted in art and design by nevereatshreddedwheat

Banksy’s ‘Portrait of Basquiat being welcomed by the Metropolitan Police – an (unofficial) collaboration with the new Basquiat show’ featuring a character appropriated from Basquiat’s ‘Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump’ appeared in the Barbican Tunnel just before the September 2017 opening of a Basquiat showcase at the Barbican Center in London.

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