The director of a Florida art museum has been ousted amid a federal investigation into the authenticity of more than two dozen paintings purportedly by the late artist Jean-Michel Basquiat that were on view in the institution's blockbuster show.
June 29, 2022, 5:30 PMSet-up in progress for the exhibit"Heroes & Monsters: Jean-Michel Basquiat" at the Orlando Museum of Art, Feb. 2, 2022.The director of a Florida art museum has been ousted amid a federal investigation into the authenticity of more than two dozen paintings purportedly by the late artist Jean-Michel Basquiat that were on view in the institution's blockbuster show.
On Friday, days before the exhibition was scheduled to end, the FBI Art Crime Team based out of Los Angeles executed a federal search warrant at the museum as part of a federal investigation, an FBI spokesperson said. In an interview with the FBI in 2014, four years before his death, Mumford denied ever having any Basquiat artwork and was unaware of the artist's work being stored in his storage locker, according to the affidavit. Several experts who spoke with the FBI agent also "have opined that the artwork is not authentic," the affidavit stated.
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