Basquiat’s Saturday Night Ignites Hong Kong with Neon Griots and Auction Fever

A canvas bursting with electric pinks and deep reds, Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Sabado por la Noche (Saturday Night) storms into Christie’s Hong Kong, poised to command up to $16 million. Painted in 1984—a year pulsing with Basquiat’s creative synergy alongside Andy Warhol—this work is a collision of silkscreen techniques, symbolic figures, and raw energy. Two Griot icons, animal sketches, and minimalist nudes crowd the vast surface, echoing Basquiat’s fascination with storytelling and cultural memory. This isn’t just another headline sale: Asian collectors have steadily fueled a Basquiat boom, with recent auctions in Hong Kong setting records for Western art in the region. Saturday Night’s journey, from European museum walls to Seoul’s art scene and now to a high-stakes Hong Kong auction, reflects a global appetite for Basquiat’s boundary-breaking vision. In the world of contemporary art, borders blur—but Basquiat’s colors never fade. #Basquiat #HongKongArt #ContemporaryArt #Culture