To Do Today: Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation at the MFA
To Do Today: Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation at the MFA
For $7, students can immerse themselves in the art and music of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Six Crimee (1982) by Jean-Michel Basquiat, speaks to the high incarceration of Black men regardless of whether they were innocent or guilty. Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts
What?
Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation, an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts
When?
Wednesday through Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm, through July 25. (Note: because of the pandemic, tickets must be ordered online in advance.)
Where?
Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave., Boston
How much?
Because of BU’s membership arrangement with the MFA, general admission for students, faculty, and staff is free and tickets for the Basquiat exhibition are only $7. Find out how to get your $7 tickets here. General admission, including tickets for the Basquiat exhibition, are $32 for adults without a BU ID and free for those 17 and under. Those tickets can be purchased on the MFA website.
Why should I go?
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) shook the art world, introducing street art to the world of fine arts. Renowned for taking images found in street art, like graffiti, and putting them onto canvas and sculpture, he earned a place in contemporary American art before his untimely death at age 27. The MFA exhibition Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation recognizes and honors the impact of his work. According to the MFA, Writing the Future is the first “major exhibition to contextualize Basquiat’s work in relation to hip-hop.” In addition to Basquiat’s work, which includes paintings, sculpture, drawings, videos, music, and fashion, visitors will learn how hip-hop influenced his work. The exhibition includes works from many of Basquiat’s contemporaries and collaborators, such as A-One, ERO, Fab 5 Freddy, Keith Haring, and others.
Once inside the MFA, you can take in other exhibitions and galleries, including Black Histories, Black Futures, which showcases moments of joy and leisure in Black history, depicted through paintings, photographs, and other mediums, and Women Take the Floor, an exhibition focusing on the often-overlooked work of 20th-century women artists, culled largely from the museum’s permanent collection.
Find more about Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation here.
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