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A temporary and very colorful commemorative plaque for Jean-Michel Basquiat outside 57 Great Jones St. between the Bowery and Lafayette. A...

View this post on Instagram A post shared by GREATBOXERS (@greatboxers) The plaque was stolen several days ago. Detai...

Top photo from the EVG archives  The 10-year-old commemorative plaque honoring Jean-Michel Basquiat outside his former home on Great Jones S...

Photos by Stacie Joy Local elected officials, members of the Basquiat family, and community representatives gathered yesterday afternoon to ...

Photo by Derek Berg   "Samo Lives" returned to Tompkins Square Park today... with Kelvin Harrison Jr. in the lead role as Jean-Mi...

Tomorrow (Tuesday), city officials, members of the Basquiat family and community representatives will gather to unveil "Jean-Michel B...

Crews are expected to be back in Tompkins Square Park today to film scenes for " Samo Lives ," the Jean-Michel Basquiat biopic w...

Photos and reporting by Daniel Efram   Yesterday, filming began for the new Jean-Michel Basquiat biopic, with sightings in Tompkins Square P...

Filming notices for today are up around parts of the neighborhood for "Samo Lives," with crews expected in and around Tompkins S...

A late-afternoon photo of 57 Great Jones St. just west of the Bowery... where Basquiat died on this day in 1988.  Current tenant: Atelier ...

As seen on the NW corner of First Avenue and Sixth Street this afternoon:  Basquiat — he didn't die — he got licensed.  Jean-Michel Ba...

Photos by Lola Sáenz  The latest in the occasional and ongoing witless pink-out at 57 Great Jones St., including painting over the commemor...

Photos by @galinskynow   The 12C Outdoor Gallery has been coming back to life with the help of some local students. Earlier this month, seve...

Photos by Lola Sáenz  Once again, someone slapped the exterior of 57 Great Jones St. with pink paint and once again rolled out the commemora...

As previously reported , someone rollered over the two-level space at 57 Great Jones St. with pink paint, even defacing the memorial plaqu...

Back on Monday , we noted that someone rolled over the exterior at 57 Great Jones St. between the Bowery and Lafayette with pink paint. Se...

Sometime in the past two days, someone rolled over all the art with pink paint at 57 Great Jones St. between the Bowery and Lafayette... e...

Top photo via EVG from July 15   A few nights ago, someone did a somewhat half-assed job of buffing out the storefront at 57 Great Jones S...

The former home-studio of Jean-Michel Basquiat has (unofficially) been crowned on Great Jones between the Bowery and Lafayette.  After new...