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Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Orlando Museum of Art on Probation After Disputed Basquiat Show

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie January 23, 2023January 23, 2023

The American Alliance of Museums’s sanction comes after the FBI raided the museum and seized 25 disputed paintings.

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Drake Pours Millions to Salvage Historic Avant-Garde Carnival

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu November 22, 2022November 22, 2022

A Basquiat-painted Ferris wheel, a Keith Haring carousel, and more are part of the project, to be rebooted in LA next year.

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For $60K a Month, You Can Now Rent Basquiat’s Former Home

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu November 10, 2022November 10, 2022

The Noho unit, where artist lived and worked between 1983 and 1988, was owned by Andy Warhol.

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Orlando Museum Leaders Resign Amid Fake Basquiats Scandal

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu August 29, 2022August 29, 2022

The museum’s interim director and board chair both left their posts in one week.

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Orlando Museum of Art Is “Re-Evaluating All Exhibitions” Amid FBI Raid Fallout

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu August 21, 2022August 22, 2022

A task force is attempting damage control as the museum continues to face dire consequences for displaying a group of fake Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings.

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How Jean-Michel Basquiat Rose to Be King of the Art World

Avatar photo by Mark Dery June 29, 2022July 11, 2022

The art establishment was never quite sure what to do with a self-taught artist like Basquiat, who owed as much to bebop and William S. Burroughs’s cut-up technique as he did to African influences.

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FBI Raids Florida Museum and Seizes 25 Disputed Basquiats

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie June 27, 2022June 27, 2022

The authenticity of the works, whose owners say Basquiat sold to Hollywood screenwriter Thaddeus Mumford in 1982, has been heavily scrutinized.

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Is the Orlando Museum of Art Displaying Fake Basquiats?

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie June 1, 2022June 2, 2022

The FBI is investigating the authenticity of works that are said to have been found in the storage unit of a Hollywood screenwriter.

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“Brazen” Couple Tries to Walk Out of Manhattan Gallery With a Basquiat

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia May 26, 2022May 26, 2022

The suspects attempted to take a Basquiat artwork valued at $45,000 from Taglialatella Galleries but instead made off with a half-empty bottle of whiskey.

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Art Dealer Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for $86M Fraud Scheme

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu May 24, 2022May 24, 2022

Inigo Philbrick misrepresented the ownership of and fraudulently traded in works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Yayoi Kusama, and others.

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Listen to the Music That Shaped Jean-Michel Basquiat

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu April 12, 2022April 12, 2022

From Nina Simone to Run-DMC, four newly released playlists celebrate the musicians who inspired the artist — and the many he influenced.

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Tiffany’s Wants You to Think It Inspired a Blue Basquiat Painting

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia August 24, 2021August 25, 2021

As Beyoncé and JAY-Z’s ad for Tiffany’s stirs up controversy, some question the company’s suggestion that the blue hue of Basquiat’s painting was inspired by the brand.

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