Aaron De Groft, Museum Director Accused in Fake Basquiat Scheme, Dies at 59
In Orlando, he staged a blockbuster exhibition of works said to be newly discovered paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat. He was ...
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 ...
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
Aaron De Groft, a former head of the Orlando Museum ... of an art fraud probe into more than two dozen forged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings, has died. He was 59. De Groft died last weekend ...
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Former Florida art museum director involved in Basquiat forged painting probe has died
“We were saddened to hear about the passing of Aaron De Groft," the museum ... At the time of his museum's exhibit, De Groft repeatedly insisted that the Basquiat art was legitimate.
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Former art museum director and William & Mary alum involved in Basquiat forged painting probe has died
Basquiat, who lived and worked in New York City, found success in the 1980s as part of the neo-Expressionism movement. Aaron De Groft stands in front of an exhibit of Leonardo da Vinci drawings at ...