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 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 ...
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
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 ...
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Anthony Spinello is Looking for the Next Basquiat
Spinello had recently graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York when he visited South Florida in 2002 ... being the first to represent Jean-Michel Basquiat) gave him crucial early ...
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Universal Orlando opens Stella Nova Resort, space-themed hotel by Epic Universe theme park
Where is Stella Nova Resort located in Orlando, Florida? The physical address or what to punch in maps or GPS: Universal Orlando’s Stella Nova Resort, 4500 Epic Blvd., Orlando, Florida.
Jim Helsinger feels grateful for 30 years as Orlando Shakes artistic director
One of Orlando’s longest-serving arts leaders, Jim Helsinger has seen change. He’s marking 30 years as Orlando Shakes ...
New Mennello Museum exhibit celebrates 3 of Florida’s ‘art influencers’
The artworks at Orlando’s Mennello Museum salute three longtime artists who helped develop our art scene and teach the next ...