The Pérez Art Museum Miami will present "Basquiat: Figures, Signs, Symbols," an exhibition of approximately ten works by Jean-Michel Basquiat from the collection of billionaire Kenneth C. Griffin. Opening June 25, the show includes the record-breaking 1982 painting "Untitled," which sold for $110.5 million in 2017 and was later acquired by Griffin, alongside other major paintings and a sculpture.
The exhibition aims to refocus attention on Basquiat's artistic rigor and complex visual language, moving beyond his market status and pop iconography. Its timing capitalizes on Miami's role as a host city for the FIFA World Cup, positioning the museum to attract a global audience and offering a deeper scholarly engagement with the artist's work within a city whose diasporic communities resonate with his themes.