Jean-Michel Basquiat's 'Dustheads' | 2013 World Auction Record 

This record was shattered in 2017 with Basquiat's Untitled (1982), which sold $110.5 million!

These are the same people that Basquiat hated.

I love how’s there a room full of rich people fighting over who’s gonna own a painting titled dust heads

Lol. $1 million bidding increments.

Amazing, and it would bring significantly more in today's market.

It reminds me of Picasso for some reason. His art is so alive.

Rewatching these sales where no one is on their smartphones just looks so odd compared to what an auction room looks like today.

Phenomenal. Sam Havadtoy’s contemporary in New. York. A brilliant creative community of the 80ies.

I'm going to skip sleep and go paint now

Insane

Leonardo Davinci still reigns: $400 million for his painting of two men sitting at a table. Renaissance artists were masters in everything .

One day I’ll be betting on a Basquiat 🎨

Paintings increase in value when the artist dies. Not sure if Basquiat's work would be as value if he were still alive. Maybe so, A best selling David Hockney went for just under $95m.

Most buyers willing to pay this much money don't even appreciate artworks, they often choose them if name is fashionable. They are on display to show power and wealth until another toy becomes more interesting. It doesn't seem they have capability to understand that his works was interpretation of inner feelings about colonialism and class struggle, yet they pay millions and millions. This is probably why Jean-Michel chose the name "Dustheads" :)

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“You don’t know shit about a dead man’s perspective!”

They have NO IDEA what a dust head is🤦🏿‍♂️🖼

Would love to hear a professional analysis of this work.

what makes the art monetary valuable?

Who knows where this piece is now

People must understand they are buy the name Basquiat if a unknown artist paints a similar painting it would be worthless

They say irony is dead .

Didn't Lars Ulrich of Metallica purchase an art piece for about this price?

Dustheads being archaeologists who know what's real and what's not? The remainder of the 'pure' culture getting rid of the previous "pure" culture.

I can restore my truck and house for only 40 or 50 thousand dollars. I wish for half a million. Someone buy 1 of my works..I can pay my house off for 160 thousand..

This same piece would be worth $200 million in 2023

Oh yea the kids at the local preschool make stuff like this sometimes.

Should be titled Airheads with to much cash!🤪

I am an artist in a $50 billion industry and I am dirt poor. I love auction houses Christie’s , Sotheby’s , Phillips and Artsy for learning about art artist and antiquities.. but I can’t help feel that” The extremely Rich wealthy have ruined the art world.. Artist stand against bourgeois elite

My niece paints as awkward as that but her art never lands on any gallery

Why did you note"Remember to keep comments respectful... why you're not respectful about other artist's who are talented and brilliant painters, not one but doesn't thousand who quietly do their beautiful paintings.You always advertising the some name's and showing theirs works. I'm tired watch this, all the time the some and some. Could you change this attitude and look forward, you have a millions brilliant artist's around you . Get them chance not be a famous, but leave like an artist's

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And I heard that a new MacBook Pro was expensive at $2000

Something a 9 year old could've painted.

Not one Black Person in the Building.

Maybe in my WC... 💩💩💩

This could have come from my pre school days of drawing.

Not a black soul in there

Bro I don’t understand art I can literally draw that 🤦🏽‍♂️

None of these people would of even spoke to even recognize Basqiat in the 80s. Now they want to own his work after they recognize how masterful he really was. Some of these peices are fakes.

That is trash

This painting is maybe my favorite from Basquiat. Awesome.

Worth every cent. It's probably one of his best paintings with no text.

Amazing! Basquiat is laughing his ass off right now.

He did die of an overdose, not the first and not the last, but he was not broke, destitute or bankrupt. The price at final call was not surprising at all.

Malaysian business man,Jho Low, bought this!

Wow SAMO maid it to the really big time what a statement for hip hop..Basquiat is to HIPhop what Warhol is to Rock & Roll.

$ 10 .

incroyable!!

Wow. Amazing that someone paid this amount. The fact that this artist died a drug addict and broke is an absolute travesty.

no one is looking at the painting :(

48 million dollars?! Whoooohhhh...

If you think Jean-Michel died broke, think again. He was making hundreds of thousands of dollars a week being high and painting whatever he felt like. He did whatever he wanted to do every day, all day long. I think he actually felt guilty because he used to throw hundred dollar bills out of the windows of cabs to poor people. So no, he did not die broke.

hope my art sells for this much

My permission in writing and in person Actual me

i like the auctioneer's style.

Jean Michel Basquiat "Dustheads" sold for $48.8 million Any physiologist would tell you that his work shows a very troubled man. I ask this question have we put a price on the black mans pain and is it enough.

The price at the end of the auction was $43.5 not $48.8..

That's sad.

jean michel basquiat father was a million air so was spike lees will Smith miles davis an puffy combs all great people's but don't feel bad about the wrong choices he made he had a great shot at life

Spare us your silly, useless bullshit. Someone wanted to own this piece of crap, and they bid upon it until they did. It's that simple.