Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol at a benefit for the Brooklyn Academy of Music on November 7, 1984 at Area Nightclub in New York City.

A visitor looks at the work 'Campbell's Soup Cans' by artist Andy Warhol at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City

Susan Delson, author of Soundies and the Changing Image of Black Americans on Screen: One Dime at a Time, has written about art for The Wall Street Journal. Follow her on Instagram @susandelson.

Susan Delson

Susan Delson, author of Soundies and the Changing Image of Black Americans on Screen: One Dime at a Time, has written about art for The Wall Street Journal. Follow her on Instagram @susandelson.

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The history of art and entertainment tells the complex story of human civilization through visual art, design, literature, music, film and television. It ranges from cave drawings of the Neolithic period to Renaissance masterpieces to rock 'n' roll and video games.

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During the 1980s, conservative politics and Reaganomics held sway as the Berlin Wall crumbled, new computer technologies emerged, AIDS ravaged the United States, especially the gay male community, and blockbuster movies and MTV reshaped pop culture.

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Basquiat and Warhol: Inside Their Unlikely Artistic Collaborations

Andy Warhol’s Soup Can Paintings: What They Mean and Why They Became a Sensation