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How Madonna's ex Jean-Michel Basquiat became an art hero — with a single painting fetching £85.4m 29 years after his death | The Sun
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Madonna poses in front of an original piece of artwork by her former flame Jean-Michel Basquiat | Daily Mail Online
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How Madonna's ex Jean-Michel Basquiat became an art hero — with a single painting fetching £85.4m 29 years after his death | The Sun
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![Jean-Michel Basquiat dated Madonna in the early 1980s. When she broke up with him, he demanded that she turn over all the paintings he gave her, and he painted over those paintings Jean-Michel Basquiat dated Madonna in the early 1980s. When she broke up with him, he demanded that she turn over all the paintings he gave her, and he painted over those paintings](https://i.redd.it/od4l58rcc8f31.jpg)
Jean-Michel Basquiat dated Madonna in the early 1980s. When she broke up with him, he demanded that she turn over all the paintings he gave her, and he painted over those paintings
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Madonna poses in front of an original piece of artwork by her former flame Jean-Michel Basquiat | Daily Mail Online
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