A one-time auctioneer has admitted to federal authorities that he and another man forged paintings that they attributed to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. It is alleged that some of the recreations found their way into a 2022 exhibit at the Orlando Museum of Art called Heroes and Monsters.
A former Los Angeles auctioneer has agreed to plead guilty in a cross-country art fraud scheme where he created fake artwork and falsely attributed the paintings to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
A former Los Angeles auctioneer plans to plead guilty to a cross-country art fraud scheme. The man created fake artwork under the name of Neo-expressionist painter Jean-Michel Basquiat.
LOS ANGELES (AP) A former Los Angeles auctioneer has agreed to plead guilty in a cross-country art fraud scheme where he created fake artwork and falsely attributed the paintings to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The paintings ultimately wound up at the Orlando Museum of Art in Florida before they were seized […]