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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 on June 24 over concerns that they were forged. All made on reclaimed cardboard, the works were sai...

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 museum's 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