In Orlando, he staged a blockbuster exhibit of works said to be newly discovered paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat. He was fired when the paintings turned out to be forgeries.
“My reputation is at stake as well,” De Groft told The New York Times in February 2021, shortly after Heroes & Monsters: Jean-Michel Basquiat, The Thaddeus Mumford, Jr. Venice Collection ...
Basquiat, who lived and worked in New York City, found success in the 1980s as part of the neo-Expressionism movement. Questions about the artworks’ authenticity arose almost immediately after ...
Basquiat, who lived and worked in New York City, found success in the 1980s as part of the neo-Expressionism movement. The Orlando Museum of Art was the first institution to display the more than ...