Banksy Unveils Two Murals in London Homage to Jean-Michel Basquiat

Banksy has created two new murals in London to coincide with the opening of a major Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition at the Barbican Centre. The works, posted on his Instagram account, reference Basquiat's style and themes. One mural reimagines Basquiat's 1982 painting Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump, showing the figure being searched by London police, critiquing racial profiling. The second uses Basquiat's crown motif as seats on a Ferris wheel, commenting on the commercialization of street art. Banksy described the project as an "unofficial collaboration" with the Basquiat show and noted that the Barbican typically removes graffiti from its area quickly.