In 1981, Jean-Michel Basquiat began dating Suzanne Mallouk, a waitress and aspiring artist he met at Night Birds bar in Manhattan's East Village.

[6] According to Ed Steinberg, who directed the music video for her debut single "Everybody," he arranged for them to meet at his place after Madonna spotted Basquiat at Lucky Strike nightclub.

According to Mallouk, Basquiat told her that she won the fight which is why he crossed out Madonna's name, adding she "beat her up just like a Puerto Rican girl.

[16] Below the fight, there is a superman-like figure accompanied by the word "KRAK," relating to the comic book-style of adding onomatopoeic sound effects.

A Panel of Experts was created for Basquiat's solo exhibition at the Fun Gallery in New York in November 1982.

[18] In 2016, A Panel of Experts was displayed at the Vancouver Art Gallery as part of MashUp: The Birth of Modern Culture.

[20] Madonna, who was Basquiat's date for his Fun Gallery exhibition opening in 1982, visited the Barbican and took a photo in front of the painting in 2017.