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Jean-Michel Basquiat is returning to his East Village roots.
Wrote critic Nicolas Moufarrege at the time, Jean-Michels show at the Fun gallery was his best show yet.
He was at home; the hanging was perfect, the paintings more authentic than ever.
E Pluribus sarcastically appears in the paintingPer Capita.
Says Adler, I think its fabulous that Basquiat has come back to the East Village.
Its amazing, because Jeans not here, but his art lives on, and its come back home.
Rap artists like Jay-Z have memorialized him in lyrics; Swizz Beatz boasts a Basquiat tattoo.
Peter Brant first met Basquiat in 1984 through Andy Warhol.
He owns about 25 works and is still adding to his Basquiat collection.
But, he says, It was the perfect spot.
The private museum model has become increasingly popular, in part for its potential tax benefits.
The Brant is free to the public, with hourly tickets that can bebooked online.
A massive, four-part 1984 pieceGrillo, came from the Fondation Louis Vuitton.
The two of them are so synergistic it would be impossible to remove one from the other.
Phoebe Hoban is the author ofBasquiat: A Quick Killing in Art.
