René Benko planned to exchange two valuable works of art by Picasso and Basquiat worth a total of 30 million euros for shares in villas on Lake Garda, while at the same time he was facing investigations into suspicious asset transfers that eventually led to a money laundering suspicion report and brought his Laura Private Foundation into financial trouble. (translated)
The plot surrounding the painting Wine of Babylon by Basquiat, which is in a dispute over ownership between his ex-wife Rita Rusic, producer Vittorio Cecchi Gori, and lawyer Giovanni Nappi, becomes more complicated after the painting reappears following fifteen years of disappearance, and claims to its ownership may already have been made, with each participant presenting conflicting arguments and evidence. (translated)
Novi dokumentarni film Jean-Michel o životu i djelu Jean-Michela Basquiata, koji je odobren od strane njegove obitelji i čiji su izvršni producenti Travis Kelce i druge poznate ličnosti, bit će prikazan na Tribeca Film Festivalu 2026. godine, a već ga je kupio Netflix. #Basquiat #Netflix #TribecaFilmFestival
