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.
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 ...
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 Florida art museum director involved in Basquiat forged painting probe has died
The artwork was purportedly made in 1982, but experts have pointed out that the cardboard used in at least one of the pieces ... 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 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 ...
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Former Florida art museum director involved in Basquiat forged painting probe has died
The artwork was purportedly made in 1982, but experts have pointed out that the cardboard used in at least one of the pieces ... than two dozen forged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings, has died.
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Former Florida art museum director involved in Basquiat forged painting probe has died
but experts have pointed out that the cardboard used in at least one of the pieces included FedEx typeface that wasn’t used until 1994, about six years after Basquiat's death, according to the ...