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“Since I was seventeen, I thought I might be a star”, Basquiat wrote, and at the age of 22 he was thrust into the Contemporary Art spotlight. Join Michael Macaulay, Senior International Specialist, Contemporary Art, in an exploration of four works that highlight how Basquiat channeled the explosive energy of his early street art into the staggeringly intense canvases of his mature career.

Beginning this month, Raleigh’s North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) has a new director in Dr. Valerie Hillings. After a worldwide search for Director Dr. Larry Wheeler’s replacement, who was with the museum for 24 years, the museum has found a leader with local roots and global connections.

When Banksy shredded his artwork the moment after it sold at auction, he left many questions unanswered. What are we to make of the stunt?

With his homeland at the precipice of civil war, Joan Miró was experiencing an existential crisis. What did it mean to be a Spaniard in a country increasingly defined by division?

French-Tunisian artist eL Seed released his first book project, Perception, earlier this month. The book, in limited edition of 500, is both an accompaniment to and documentation of the artist’s extraordinary mural by the same name, which stretches across fifty buildings in Cairo. Displaying the words of Saint Athanasius of Alexandria, a Coptic Bishop from the Third Century: ‘Anyone who wants to see the sunlight clearly needs to wipe his eyes first,’ the project employs the artist’s signature style, “calligraffiti,” which incorporates the visual culture of traditional Arab calligraphy into contemporary, often politically charged, street art.

Neil Wilkin is back with another bronze age adventure. In this episode he is joined by Susan Greaney, Senior Properties Historian for English Heritage to discuss the history and importance of Stonehenge. Going into the heart of the monument and looking at some related bronze age objects Neil and Susan explore the connections between Stonehenge, the rest of Britain and the continent.

Christie’s online auction of The Collection of Melva Bucksbaum: Post-War and Contemporary Art, Photographs and Prints offered highlights from the visionary art parton's eclectic collection, ranging from established artists like Man Ray, Cindy Sherman and Agnes Martin, to young emerging artists.

Specialist Hala Khayat explains how post-independence optimism in the region generated a new form of Modernism that transcended borders.

When Elsa Koditschek was forced from her home and stripped of her possessions in 1940, Egon Schiele’s masterpiece City in Twilight was lost to her family as another casualty of the oppressive Nazi regime. However, after Sotheby’s research initiated a dialogue between her family and the work's present owners, the parties decided to jointly offer this magnificent painting in our Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale.

Forget the hype and experience the art and history that Detroit offers up in spades. We visit the Diego Rivera mural, Heidelberg Project, MOCA, abandoned buildings, and much more.