Gary Baseman is proud to welcome a new member of his family: Bosko Baseman. This cute rescue cat was named after one of Baseman’s favorite painters, El Bosco (Hieronymus Bosch) and Baseman’s favorite chocolate syrup as a kid, BOSCO. Although Bosko has big paws to fill, walking in the shadow of Blackie the Cat, Baseman wants him…
The third print set from the drawing series The Nine Lives of Blackie the Cat is available now. This series by Gary Baseman started in Summer 2020, inspired by his long-time art collaborator Blackie the Cat.…
Thanks to those that acquired the full set of nine prints from the drawing series The Nine Lives of Blackie the Cat. The nine prints show Blackie the Cat manifesting in various ways as a spiritual…
Update 2/16/21: All 16 Glam Ahwroos have been collected by Baseman collectors shining all over the globe. Thank you! Blasting into the new year of 2021 comes Glam Ahwroo, a shiny silver Ahwroo attired in a…
On January 5, 2021, Gary Baseman attended a special memorial at Kitty Bungalow Charm School for Wayward Cats honoring Blackie the Cat with a special brick on the Cat Walk of Fame. The brick’s inscription includes “The Power of Purr,” a reminder of Blackie’s special healing powers. Blackie the Cat…
Need inspiration? Check out this Master Talk by Gary Baseman at Copa Domestika which took place in Bogotá on September 28, 2019. Baseman shares the passionate story of how he turned his best friend Blackie the Cat into a source of endless inspiration for many of his projects.
Reserved Magazine features artist Gary Baseman in the cover of their issue #6 of 22. For this cover, Reserved Magazine invited Baseman to create a new artwork that represented his life during COVID. In this issue, you will find an in depth article by BJ Panda Bear about Baseman’s relationship…
Giant Robot hosts its 16th year of the Post-It show, but naturally because we’re not allowed to crowd into stores and galleries, the show is being done differently this year with a new format featuring two works by an artist: one 10” x 10” piece, plus the traditional Post-It artwork…
The world has been turned upside down. We’ve had a (expletive) year, but at least we have a new incoming president. Thank you to all who shouted out for democracy with my VOTE t-shirts, and for using your power at the polls. I know that not everyone would vote the…
