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Pierce O’Donnell, one of the owners of the purported Basquiat art seized from the Orlando Museum of Art last June, has said he will vigorously defend the institution’s lawsuit against him — characterizing the suit as a misguided attempt by an unworldly organization trying to deflect attention away from its own shortcomings. “I intend to be their worst nightmare,” O’Donnell told the Orlando ...

Former Los Angeles auctioneer Michael Barzman has pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI, admitting that he and an accomplice had created fake artwork and falsely attributed the paintings to famed artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

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