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How Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring Forged a Friendship While Protesting the Killing of Michael Stewart

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Jean-Michel Basquiat was shocked by the beating of Michael Stewart in 1983 .

Stewart was a young Black aspiring artist, deejay, and model, looking to make a name for himself in the vibrant downtown art scene of early 1980 ’s New York City .

The artist had depicted the armed agents of the city before.

Rene Ricard , a poet and critic, had a gift for identifying the era’s great talents.

Haring and Basquiat became good friends after meeting with Andy Warhol in Milan .

Ricard brought up Warhol 's fondness for both artists, who gossiped about Warhol thousands of dollars to live in his house.

The Man Nobody Killed: Life, Death , and Art in Michael Stewart's New York by Elon Green .

Haring and Ricard met with Stewart 's attorneys to discuss the Stewarts ’ attorneys.

Ricard said that, in cases such as Michael ’s beating, it was easier for white New Yorkers to stick their necks out than it was for Black New Yorkers .

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