I very almost missed this memo.
Swatch simply dropped three Basquiat collaboration watches as a part of its Artwork Journey line. The turquoise ‘Ishtar’ one may be very intelligent with its quantity placement, whereas the yellow ‘Hollywood Africans’ can also be very cool, and the crown design has a sure IYKYK enchantment.
A part of me thinks, what the fuck took you so lengthy Swatch? Ever since its Keith Haring collab in ’86 and subsequent collaborations with the likes of Kenny Scharf, it felt to me prefer it was snoozing on some mega alternatives to convey up to date artwork to the plenty. As an alternative of proudly owning this enormous ‘accessible artwork’ class, it appeared to have an everlasting half-arsed strategy.
Is that this collaboration too late to matter now that each different model underneath the solar has a Basquiat collab? Or is it actually, excellent timing (pardon the pun), since Basquiat is now related to an entire new era of artwork lovers, collectors and hype beasts due to current exhibitions and that Tiffany advert?
In case you’re of the latter opinion, you possibly can nonetheless get your palms on a Jean-Michel Basquiat x Swatch watch. They’re promoting from £90, accessible from Swatch.
WORDS: Disneyrollergirl / Navaz Batliwalla
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