The vision for the Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure exhibition—to reclaim the narrative of Basquiat’s life and work and to shed new light on an artist that is only partially understood— aligns deeply with Adjaye Associates’ mission of using design as a storytelling device. The charge was to exhibit his work not as artifacts and objects acquired by collectors, patrons, and institutions, but to see his art as a process by finding moments to contextualize the references and influences that shaped his practice.