Untitled, the first exhibition of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s work in Greece, is on view at The Intermission in Piraeus until August 2, 2025, offering a rare look into his early work.
Some exhibitions demand attention. Others, somehow, invite you to pause. In a quiet space tucked within the shifting textures of Piraeus, Jean-Michel Basquiat’s works on paper ask nothing — and yet reveal everything. They’re small, almost fragile. But within their lines is a restless pulse. A boxer, a rabbit, a child, a system. Scribbled words that feel like protest. Faces half-formed, names repeated like mantras. Color that never stays still. Basquiat is often called raw, radical, furious. All true. But in this setting — Polidefkous 37A, in a space shaped by Kois Associated Architects — another side emerges: the space around the mark, the silence between the ideas. It’s there that something lingers — vulnerable, unresolved, present. Organized by The Intermission in collaboration with Galerie Enrico Navarra, Untitled is the artist’s first-ever solo exhibition in Greece, running until August 2, 2025 The title comes from a 1983 work, deliberately left without one — a nod to Duchamp, a rejection of categorization, and an echo of Basquiat’s refusal to be pinned down. Bringing this show to Piraeus feels like a quiet act of resistance. Away from center, away from spectacle. And yet, unmistakably loud in what it means. That some voices, even decades later, refuse to be background noise. This is not a celebration. It’s an offering. An invitation to notice. What happens when you do, is entirely up to you.
