Former Florida art museum director 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 ...
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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.
Ex-Orlando art museum director 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 by the FBI as part of an art fraud probe into more than two dozen ...
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Former art museum director and William & Mary alum involved in Basquiat forged painting probe has died
Mumford died in 2018. At the time of his museum’s exhibit, De Groft repeatedly insisted that the Basquiat art was legitimate. An FBI search warrant said that De Groft sent an email to an ...
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Former Florida art museum director involved in Basquiat forged painting probe has died
Mumford died in 2018. At the time of his museum’s exhibit, De Groft repeatedly insisted that the Basquiat art was legitimate. An FBI search warrant said that De Groft sent an email to an ...