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The Orlando Museum of Art has filed a lawsuit against ousted director Aaron De Groft and others who brought Basquiat forgeries to the museum.

The lawsuit claims that De Groft was persuaded to join in the “conspiracy” by promising De Groft a “significant cut of the proceeds of the anticipated multimillion-dollar sale.”

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Michael Barzman, a Los Angeles auctioneer, has pled guilty to lying to the FBI about creating the Orlando Museum of Art's forged Basquiats.

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Jordana Moore Saggese, an associate art history professor at the University of Maryland who was hired to write a report on a group of paintings said to be by Jean-Michel Basquiat and comprising an exhibition of the late, revered artist’s work at the Orlando Museum of Art, has asserted that she never authenticated any of the works in question. The twenty-five paintings, which made up the museum’s show “Heroes & Monsters: Jean-Michel Basquiat,” were seized by the FBI’s Art Crime Team...

The Orlando Museum of Art issued a statement Friday, mentioning a grand jury investigation into 25 disputed Basquiat paintings that were seized by the FBI.

Aaron De Groft was removed as director and CEO after the museums board of trustees met on Tuesday night, following the federal raid on Friday seizing 25 disputed Basquiat works.

An affidavit calls into question the origin story of works attributed to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat that the FBI seized from the Orlando Museum of Art.

The FBI raided the Orlando Museum of Art in Florida on Friday, taking all 25 works that had been part of an exhibition on the life and work of Jean-Michel Basquiat, the museum said. The Orlando museum is now led by the former director of Williamsburg's Muscarelle, at William & Mary. 37"; 2 photos (file and new). NYT/Smith