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title: "The fascination of the unknown"
date: 2017-12-19
last_modified: 2025-01-04T17:10:12+01:00
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url: "https://www.schirn.de/en/schirnmag/basquiat-banksy-the-fascination-of-the-unknown-context-en/"
description: "What links Jean-Michel Basquiat, alias SAMO©, and Banksy? SCHIRN MAG on the trail of street art in New York and London."
image: "https://www.schirn.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Header_Banksy_Basquiat_Barbican_Center.jpg"
language: "en-US"
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# The fascination of the unknown