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 ...
Aaron De Groft, Museum Director Accused in Fake Basquiat Scheme, Dies at 59
In Orlando, he staged a blockbuster exhibit of works said to be newly discovered paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat. He was fired when the paintings turned out to be forgeries.
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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 ...
Aaron De Groft, whose ‘Basquiat’ exhibit triggered a scandal at Orlando museum, dies at 59
Aaron De Groft wanted to bring attention to the Orlando Museum of Art with big-name exhibitions, but not in the way that ...
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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 ...
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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Former Florida art museum director involved in Basquiat forged painting probe has died
The Orlando Sentinel also reported that his wife, Kathryn Lee De Groft, had submitted an obituary to the news ... 1982 untitled painting by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is displayed at the Orlando ...
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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 ... after Basquiat’s 1988 death from ...
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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 institution under a cloud in 2022 after it was raided by the FBI as part of an art fraud probe into more than two dozen forged Jean-Michel ...