Former art museum director and William & Mary alum involved in Basquiat forged painting probe has died
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 ...
Insurers balk at $19.7M claim on fake Basquiat paintings seized by FBI
Two insurance companies have asked a court to block a $19.7 million claim by owners of more than two dozen forged Jean-Michel ...
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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 ...
‘Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy’: Experience the immersive revival of the world’s first art amusement park in NYC
Plan a day trip to view the revival of this legendary art fairground that invites the public to experience the sensational ...
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Former Florida art museum director involved in Basquiat forged painting probe has died
De Groft negotiated to have the Orlando Museum of Art be the first institution to display more than two dozen artworks said to have been found in an old storage locker decades after Basquiat’s ...
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Insurers balk at $19.7M claim on fake Basquiat paintings seized by FBI
Basquiat, who lived and worked in New York City, found success in the 1980s as part of the neo-Expressionism movement. The Orlando Museum of Art was the first institution to display the more than ...