Basquiat’s sisters have put on an exhibition of his work to remind the world where he came from — and have a party. carlstwitt reports
From left: Moe Heriveaux, Brittany Heriveaux, Sophia Loren Heriveaux, Noelle Heriveaux, Jolie Heriveaux, Hervey Heriveaux, Jeanine Heriveaux, Lisane Basquiat, Jessica Kelly, Jahmal Mayers, Joseph Basquiat, and Xavier High.
But not to his family. They knew Jean-Michel and held on to their memory of the playful, mischievous, restless person he was, even after he left them behind in Brooklyn for downtown Manhattan and became famous. After he died, they managed his estate, but his story was mostly told by other people.
Two nights before it opened, family and friends gathered, partying in a re-creation of the Mike Todd Room at the Palladium nightclub. As Heriveaux told the crowd, the show intended to “complete the narrative of Jean-Michel. To allow people to understand that he had a family, that he had a father, that he had sisters and a stepmother” — and here someone shouted “Amen!” — “and that little bit was missing from the story.
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