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 ...
Killed Florida TV reporter’s parents claim his employer failed to provide for his safety in lawsuit
The parents of a local TV journalist who was fatally shot while reporting on a killing in central Florida have filed a ...
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kottke.org posts about Jaune Quick-To-See Smith
Artist and curator Jaune Quick-to-See Smith has died at the age of 85. From Hyperallergic’s obituary: ...
Rarely seen works shine in Purvis Young exhibition at Pan American Art Projects
It has been said and often that Purvis Young is to Overtown what Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring were to Lower ...
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Jaune Quick-To-See Smith Has Died, Age 85
Artist and curator Jaune Quick-to-See Smith has died at the age of 85. From Hyperallergic’s obituary: As part of a gene ...
Anthony Spinello is Looking for the Next Basquiat
The Miami gallerist is a fixture in one of the most lucrative nodes in the global art market and, at 42, one of the youngest ...
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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MoCo Museum, London: 6 works to seek out in the capital’s newest art gallery
If “I don’t get it” is your lizard brain reaction to being faced with the prospect of a day spent staring at contemporary art ...
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Where Do Original Ideas Come From?
But something original does not come out of a vacuum. Rather, inspiration comes from exploration. Consider art. Works of art ...
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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 ...