Jay-Z Reportedly Lends Basquiat Work for 'Police Brutality' Exhibit On Friday, the Guggenheim opened its show, "Basquiat's 'Defacement': The Untold Story." Basquiat's painting, "Defacement," is about graffiti artist Michael Stewart, who was beaten to death by police in 1983 after being arrested for tagging. The exhibit has "approximately 20 paintings and works on paper created in the years surrounding Stewart's death." The Guggenheim, via statement Though reps for the museum won't say who had loaned them a particular piece for the exhibit, Page Six has learned that Jay-Z supplied the 1982 piece of art, "CPRKR," for the show. "CPRKR" was made as a tribute to jazz musician Charlie Parker.
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