Former Florida art museum director involved in Basquiat forged painting probe has died
A former head of the Orlando Museum of Art who left the museum in 2022 after it was raided by the FBI as part of a probe into several forged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings has died.
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Insurance companies fight $19.7m claim over Basquiat forgeries
The owners of works the FBI seized from the Orlando Museum of Art have filed an eight-figure claim, but the insurers say “coverage is unavailable because… the property was inauthentic”
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Aaron De Groft, Orlando Museum of Art director fired in Basquiat forgery scandal, has died, aged 59
Following successful stints at museums in Virginia and on Florida’s Gulf Coast, De Groft’s career became mired in the Basquiat fakes fiasco
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Aaron De Groft, Former Orlando Museum Director Embroiled in Basquiat Scandal, Dies at 59
Aaron De Groft, the former CEO of the Orlando Museum of Art whose tenure was ultimately defined by a Basquiat forgery scandal, died on January 18 at 59. According to an obituary published on Monday, De Groft died after a brief illness.
Aaron De Groft, whose ‘Basquiat’ exhibit triggered a scandal at Orlando museum, dies at 59
Aaron De Groft, who came to central Florida to raise the profile of Orlando Museum of Art — but then embroiled the institution in an FBI fraud investigation over purported Basquiat paintings — has died.
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Former Florida art museum director involved in Basquiat forged painting probe has died
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Former Florida art museum director involved in Basquiat forged painting probe has died
ORLANDO, Fla. – Aaron De Groft ... the FBI as part of an art fraud probe into more than two dozen forged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings, has died. He was 59. De Groft died last weekend after ...
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Former Florida art museum director involved in Basquiat forged painting probe has died
Mumford died in 2018. This 1982 untitled painting by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is displayed at the Orlando Museum of Art, June 1, 2022, in Orlando, Fla.. Credit: AP At the time of his museum's ...
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Former Florida art museum director involved in Basquiat forged painting probe has died
A former head of the Orlando Museum of Art who left the museum in 2022 after it was raided by the FBI as part of a probe into several forged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings has died ORLANDO ...
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Former Florida art museum director involved in Basquiat forged painting probe has died
FILE - The entrance to an exhibit by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat at the Orlando Museum of Art, June 1, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File) FILE - The entrance to an exhibit by ...
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Anthony Spinello is Looking for the Next Basquiat
Spinello had recently graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York when he visited South Florida in 2002 ... being the first to represent Jean-Michel Basquiat) gave him crucial early ...
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Jean-Michel Frank
International auction house PIASA has announced robust results for 2024, with total auction sales nearing €65 million (including buyer’s premiums). Christie’s Luxury Week in New York continued with Design and Tiffany on Wednesday, December 11 ...