A significant highlight of the event, and arguably for all of Art Basel, for the FIRST TIME IN MIAMI, the world saw Basquiat, personally and intimately like never before, with the Our Friend, Jean exhibition curated by The Bishop Gallery and hosted by Triller, a trailblazing, AI-powered global platform. Together they served up Miami’s finest at this first-ever physical and digital curated experience that focused on what’s sure to be a historic NFT auction of photographs of the legendary, Neo-expressionist artist Jean-Michel Basquiat taken by photographers Alexis Adler and Al Diaz.
Our Friend, Jean NFT Auction, was an exclusive event of art, music along with a LIVE NFT AUCTION experience. For the first time, an incredible selection of NFT drops featuring rare and personal photos of Basquiat, taken by Alexis Adler and Al Diaz, were available on the Triller marketplace with exclusive previews and purchase opportunities onsite. The Bishop Gallery chose the TrillerNFT marketplace because the Triller platform has been specifically engineered to minimize the minting process’s computing costs and complexities to reduce the carbon footprint effects and provide accessibility for creators looking to monetize through NFT sales.
Fat Joe first took the stage to perform and welcomed Stevenson A. Dunn, Jr. from The Bishop Gallery to introduce the first ever seen NFT drop, which included four rare photographs of Jean-Michel Basquiat taken by photographers, Alexis Adler and Al Diaz. Next, Busta Rhymes came out to perform and lastly, French Montana performed a set while DJ D-Nice spun the entire night.
About Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat is an American painter, known for participating in the Neo-Expressionism movement. He was known for his paintings, which mixed abstraction, figuration, text, and social commentary. He is also the youngest artist to feature in documenta and the Whitney Biennial.
