The Orlando Museum of Art’s Basquiat Fiasco - The Atlantic
Jan 31, 2024 · Various deal-hunters who saw Barzman’s pieces were impressed by their resemblance to work by Jean-Michel Basquiat, an artist known for his energetic paintings of …
Former Florida art museum director involved in Basquiat forged …
Jan 22, 2025 · ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Aaron De Groft, a former head of the Orlando Museum of Art who left the institution under a cloud in 2022 after it was raided by the FBI as part of an art …
Man agrees to plead guilty in Basquiat artwork fraud scheme
Apr 12, 2023 · A former Los Angeles auctioneer has agreed to plead guilty in a cross-country art fraud scheme where he created fake artwork and falsely attributed the paintings to artist Jean …
Former CEO at center of fake Basquiats scandal countersues …
Nov 14, 2023 · ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A former executive director of a Florida museum that was raided last year by the FBI over an exhibit of what turned out to be forged Jean-Michel …
Following Basquiat forgery scandal, Orlando Museum of Art …
Jan 24, 2023 · Last June, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) raided Florida’s Orlando Museum of Art, seizing all 25 paintings in its exhibition Heroes & Monsters: Jean-Michel …
Former Florida art museum director involved in Basquiat forged …
Jan 22, 2025 · 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 …
How 25 Dubious Basquiats Created a Massive Museum …
May 24, 2023 · A blockbuster show of “lost” works by the late, and much-marketed, Jean-Michel Basquiat at the Orlando Museum of Art was meant to compete with Disney and SeaWorld. …
Surrounded by Visitors, the FBI Seized 25 Works Purportedly by Basquiat …
Jun 27, 2022 · Visitors attending an Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition at the Orlando Museum of Art on Friday were quickly whisked off the premises, as a group of F.B.I agents entered the …
F.B.I. Investigates Basquiat Paintings Shown at Orlando Museum …
May 29, 2022 · The F.B.I.’s Art Crime Team is investigating the authenticity of 25 paintings that the Orlando Museum of Art says were created by Basquiat and are on exhibit there, according …
FBI Seizes 25 Basquiat Paintings Off a Florida Museum’s Walls
Jun 29, 2022 · Late last week, FBI agents entered the Orlando Museum of Art (OMA) and removed 25 paintings attributed to Jean-Michel Basquiat, which were on display as part of a …