Jean-Michel Basquiat

Curated by Jeffrey Deitch and Gianni Mercurio, the retrospective exhibition about Jean-Michel Basquiat hosted by the Museo delle Culture counts almost 140 works from 1980 and 1987. Swiftly walking through the brief but extraordinary career of the American artist, this event focuses on troublesome themes such as race and human identity. Unmissable as it is, this show not only proves Basquiat’s central role in the contemporary art world: it also emphasises how these social and cultural issues are always topical, probably now more than ever.