Orlando Museum Director Loses Job After Disputed Basquiat Show

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Aaron De Groft, the director and chief executive of the Orlando Museum of Art, was removed from his post Tuesday night, just days after the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided the museum and seized 25 works that had been attributed to Jean-Michel Basquiat but whose authenticity has been called into question.

Board members met early Tuesday to discuss the fallout of Friday’s F.B.I. raid. The meeting ended with the board deciding to fire De Groft, according to museum employees who requested anonymity because they had been previously warned that anyone talking to the news media would be terminated.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/28/arts/design/orlando-museum-art-basquiat-director-fired.html
 
BidenPresident said:
Aaron De Groft, the director and chief executive of the Orlando Museum of Art, was removed from his post Tuesday night, just days after the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided the museum and seized 25 works that had been attributed to Jean-Michel Basquiat but whose authenticity has been called into question.

Board members met early Tuesday to discuss the fallout of Friday’s F.B.I. raid. The meeting ended with the board deciding to fire De Groft, according to museum employees who requested anonymity because they had been previously warned that anyone talking to the news media would be terminated.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/28/arts/design/orlando-museum-art-basquiat-director-fired.html
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There's an art museum in Orlando?
 
BidenPresident said:
Yes. Florida has many art museums.
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I mean.. I knew they had a chew museum.. that is.. a museum full of wads of Copenhagen famous rednecks have discarded.

I didn't even know people from Florida knew about art, other than action figures. Ya larn somthin' new every day :)
 
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