Van Der Plas Gallery - "AL DIAZ: LIKE A BOMB" In 1976 Al Diaz and Jean Michel Basquiat became fast friends at City As High School. Together they created SAMO©, the street
![Jean Michel Basquiat painted by Owen Dippie and Al Diaz, Cooper St. at Broadway, Brooklyn | Library of Congress Jean Michel Basquiat painted by Owen Dippie and Al Diaz, Cooper St. at Broadway, Brooklyn | Library of Congress](http://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/vrg/14500/14598r.jpg)
Jean Michel Basquiat painted by Owen Dippie and Al Diaz, Cooper St. at Broadway, Brooklyn | Library of Congress
Jean-Michel Basquiat's friends and lovers share their memories of the artist ahead of a major Barbican retrospective | British Vogue | British Vogue
![1979, the friendship between Jean-Michel Basquiat and Al Diaz ended and it was also the end of SAMO | Jean michel basquiat, Modern gentleman, Guys 1979, the friendship between Jean-Michel Basquiat and Al Diaz ended and it was also the end of SAMO | Jean michel basquiat, Modern gentleman, Guys](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6b/6e/07/6b6e074be02100e336cb82b894a76ef4.jpg)
1979, the friendship between Jean-Michel Basquiat and Al Diaz ended and it was also the end of SAMO | Jean michel basquiat, Modern gentleman, Guys
![Jean-Michel Basquiat: primeira grande retrospectiva do artista chega a São Paulo - Revista Marie Claire | Cultura Jean-Michel Basquiat: primeira grande retrospectiva do artista chega a São Paulo - Revista Marie Claire | Cultura](http://s2.glbimg.com/rHs1IrriQKUWF8bW78OuXk6JBpY=/620x620/top/e.glbimg.com/og/ed/f/original/2018/01/24/basquiat_1.jpg)
Jean-Michel Basquiat: primeira grande retrospectiva do artista chega a São Paulo - Revista Marie Claire | Cultura
![Al Diaz wants to set the record straight on how he and Jean-Michel Basquiat revolutionized graffiti | CBC Arts Al Diaz wants to set the record straight on how he and Jean-Michel Basquiat revolutionized graffiti | CBC Arts](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6627227.1666623486!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/original_780/al-diaz-jean-michel-basquiat.jpeg)
Al Diaz wants to set the record straight on how he and Jean-Michel Basquiat revolutionized graffiti | CBC Arts
![Opening Today Friday 15th February : Last of the Hollywood Africans: Toxic, Rammellzee and Jean-Michel Basquiat - FAD Magazine Opening Today Friday 15th February : Last of the Hollywood Africans: Toxic, Rammellzee and Jean-Michel Basquiat - FAD Magazine](https://fadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/20130214-223612.jpg)
Opening Today Friday 15th February : Last of the Hollywood Africans: Toxic, Rammellzee and Jean-Michel Basquiat - FAD Magazine
![Al Diaz, Basquiat's Graffiti Partner, Has Resurrected the SAMO© Tag for His First-Ever European Collaboration Al Diaz, Basquiat's Graffiti Partner, Has Resurrected the SAMO© Tag for His First-Ever European Collaboration](https://news.artnet.com/app/news-upload/2019/08/IMG_5415-1024x574.jpg)