An important piece of art history is now available for rent. The address where you can find the historic apartment where Jean-Michel Basquiat lived for five years until his untimely death in 1988 is 57 Great Jones Street, New York City. The home belonged to Basquiat’s close friend and celebrated artist Andy Warhol. According to real estate agency Meridian Capital Group, the property is now on the real estate market for $60,000 a month for a minimum of 10 years.
The building was built in the 1860s and the first owner was Paolo Antonio Vaccarelli, known as Paul Kelly, who transformed the house into his gang headquarters in the early 1900s. Later on, the property became a metalwork shop and then a supply company until 1970, when Andy Warhol purchased it. Quickly after Basquiat met Warhol, he rented the second floor space. Recently, it has been known as a sushi restaurant named “Bohemian.”
Today you can see the external of the building covered in graffiti and works of street art, as a tribute to the artist. Additionally, the external structure is decorated with a commemorative plaque placed in 2016 by Village Preservation, an architectural conservation company, in collaboration with Two Boots Pizza. The plaque reads, “Basquiat’s open loft space with high ceilings and multiple skylights.” ARTNews Magazine reports that the plaque recalls the significance of Basquiat’s dynamic and provocative works. “Basquiat’s paintings and other works challenged the differences of high and low art, of race and social class, while creating a visionary language that challenged the characteristics of the society of the time.”
The agency describes the inside of the cream brick apartment in ARTNews Magazine as an “open loft space with high ceilings and multiple skylights,” a three-story abode, extending approximately six hundred thirteen square meters. The substantial and bright spaces where the artist created his masterpieces are divided by a dining room and an open mezzanine in the upper section.
Here’s to hoping the historic New York building will always be linked to an artistic circle.
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