Editing Jean-Michel Basquiat (section)

=== Final years and death: 1986–1988 ===
During their relationship, Goode began snorting heroin with Basquiat since drugs were at her disposal.<ref name="Hoban1988" /> She said: "He didn't push it on me, but it was just there and I was so naïve."<ref name="Hoban1988" /> In late 1986, she successfully got herself and Basquiat into a [[methadone program]] in Manhattan, but he quit after three weeks.{{Sfn|Fretz|2010|p=152}} According to Goode, he did not start injecting heroin until after she ended their relationship.<ref name="Hoban1988" /> In the last 18 months of his life, Basquiat became something of a recluse.<ref name="Wines-1988" /> His continued drug use is thought to have been a way of coping after the death of his friend Andy Warhol in February 1987.<ref name="Wines-1988" /><ref name="Hoban1988" />

In 1987, Basquiat had exhibitions at Galerie Daniel Templon in Paris, the Akira Ikeda Gallery in Tokyo, and the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in New York.{{Sfn|Saggese|2021|p=357}} [[Allen Ginsberg]] photographed Basquiat at the Shafrazi gallery attending [[William Burroughs]] ‘Shotgun Artshow’ on December 17th, 1987. He designed a Ferris wheel for [[André Heller]]'s ''[[Luna Luna (1987 exhibition)|Luna Luna]]'', an ephemeral amusement park in Hamburg from June to August 1987 with rides designed by renowned contemporary artists.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mugrabi|first=Colby|date=October 30, 2018|title=Luna Luna|url=https://www.minniemuse.com/articles/musings/luna-luna|access-date=May 3, 2021|website=Minnie Muse|language=en}}</ref>

In January 1988, Basquiat traveled to Paris for his exhibition at the [[Yvon Lambert Gallery]] and to [[Düsseldorf]] for an exhibition at the Hans Mayer Gallery.<ref name="Emmerling-2003b" /> While in Paris, he befriended Ivorian artist [[Ouattara Watts]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=O'Leary|first=Hannah|date=March 22, 2018|title=Ouattara Watts – From Côte d'Ivoire to Basquiat's New York|url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/ouattara-watts-from-cote-divoire-to-basquiats-new-york|website=Sotheby's}}</ref> They made plans to travel together to Watts' birthplace, [[Korhogo]], that summer.<ref name="Emmerling-2003b">{{Cite book|last=Emmerling|first=Leonhard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ildOSz1bKuMC&q=Yvon+Lambert+Gallery+basquiat+1988&pg=PA76|title=Jean-Michel Basquiat: 1960–1988|date=2003|publisher=Taschen|isbn=978-3-8228-1637-0|pages=76|language=en}}</ref> Following his exhibition at the Vrej Baghoomian Gallery in New York in April 1988, Basquiat traveled to [[Maui]] in June to withdraw from drug use.<ref name="Wines-1988" /><ref name="Emmerling-2003b" /> After returning to New York in July, Basquiat ran into [[Keith Haring]] on Broadway, who stated that this last encounter was the only time Basquiat ever discussed his drug problem with him.{{Sfn|Hoban|1998|p=304}} Glenn O'Brien also recalled Basquiat calling him and telling him he was "feeling really good."<ref name="O'Brien-2017">{{Cite web|last=O'Brien|first=Glenn|title=Glenn O'Brien on the death of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol|url=https://purple.fr/magazine/purple-25yrs-anniv-issue-28/glenn-obrien-on-the-death-of-jean-michel-basquiat-and-andy-warhol/|access-date=May 3, 2021|website=Purple|language=fr}}</ref>

Despite attempts at sobriety, Basquiat [[27 Club|died at the age of 27]] of a [[heroin overdose]] at his home on Great Jones Street in Manhattan on August 12, 1988.<ref name="Haden-Guest-1988" /><ref name="Dowd-2017" /> He had been found unresponsive in his bedroom by his girlfriend Kelle Inman and was taken to [[Cabrini Medical Center]], where he was pronounced [[dead on arrival]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Michals|first=Susan|date=November 17, 2010|title=Rare Polaroids and Snapshots of Jean-Michel Basquiat|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2010/11/basquiat-slide-show-201011|access-date=October 5, 2020|magazine=Vanity Fair|language=en-us}}</ref><ref name="Hoban1988" />
[[File:Jean-Michel Basquiat - grave.jpg|thumb|Basquiat's grave at [[Green-Wood Cemetery]] in Brooklyn, New York]]

Basquiat is buried at Brooklyn's [[Green-Wood Cemetery]].<ref name="Basquiat-2019" /> A private funeral was held at [[Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel]] on August 17, 1988.<ref name="Basquiat-2019">{{Cite book|last=Basquiat|first=Jean-Michel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qz9xDwAAQBAJ&q=Greenwood|title=Basquiat-isms|date=June 4, 2019|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-0-691-19283-3|pages=112–113|language=en}}</ref> The funeral was attended by immediate family and close friends, including Keith Haring, Francesco Clemente, Glenn O'Brien, and Basquiat's former girlfriend Paige Powell.<ref name="Basquiat-2019" /><ref name="O'Brien-2017" /> Art dealer [[Jeffrey Deitch]] delivered a eulogy.<ref name="Tomkins-2007">{{Cite magazine|last=Tomkins|first=Calvin|date=November 5, 2007|title=A Fool for Art|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/11/12/a-fool-for-art|access-date=November 20, 2020|magazine=The New Yorker|language=en-us}}</ref>

A public memorial was held at Saint Peter's Church on November 3, 1988.<ref name="NYT-1988" /> Among the speakers was [[Ingrid Sischy]], who as the editor of ''[[Artforum]]'' got to know Basquiat well and commissioned a number of articles that introduced his work to the wider world.<ref>{{cite magazine | first=Ingrid | last=Sischy | date=May 2014 | url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2014/05/jean-michel-basquiat-drawings-herbert-lenore-schorr | title=For The Love of Basquiat | magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] | access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref> Basquiat's former girlfriend Suzanne Mallouk recited sections of [[A. R. Penck]]'s "Poem for Basquiat" and his friend [[Fab 5 Freddy]] read a poem by [[Langston Hughes]].<ref>{{Cite book |first=Phoebe |last=Hoban |title=Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art |chapter=One. Overdosing on Art |publisher=Viking |isbn=0-670-85477-8 |date=1988 |via=The New York Times |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hoban-basquiat.html|access-date=June 18, 2023}}</ref> The 300 guests included musicians [[John Lurie]] and [[Arto Lindsay]], Keith Haring, poet [[David Shapiro (poet)|David Shapiro]], Glenn O'Brien, and members of Basquiat's former band Gray.<ref name="NYT-1988">{{Cite news|date=November 3, 1988|title=Basquiat Memorial|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/03/arts/basquiat-memorial.html|access-date=November 20, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In memory of the late artist, Keith Haring created the painting ''[[A Pile of Crowns for Jean-Michel Basquiat]]''.<ref>{{Cite web | first=Robin | last=Muir | date=May 7, 1999 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/keith-haring-1092216.html | title=Keith Haring | work=[[The Independent]] | access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref> In the obituary Haring wrote for ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', he stated: "He truly created a lifetime of works in ten years. Greedily, we wonder what else he might have created, what masterpieces we have been cheated out of by his death, but the fact is that he has created enough work to intrigue generations to come. Only now will people begin to understand the magnitude of his contribution."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Haring|first=Keith|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7MXaDwAAQBAJ&q=He+truly+created+a+lifetime+of+works+in+ten+years.+Greedily%2C+we+wonder+what+else+he+might+have+created%2C+what+masterpieces+we+have+been+cheated+out+of+by+his+death&pg=PA103|title=Haring-isms|date=September 29, 2020|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-0-691-20985-2|pages=103|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Lindy|first=Percival|date=November 22, 2019|title=Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat: art stars who shone too briefly|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/keith-haring-and-jean-michel-basquiat-art-stars-who-shone-too-briefly-20191114-p53aly.html}}</ref>