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Orlando Museum Cans Discredited Director

ORLANDO, Fla. - In late June, just days after the FBI seized twenty-five works at the Orlando Museum of Art attributed to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat but whose authenticity has been called into question, the museum fired director and CEO Aaron De Graft.

Cynthia Brumback, chairwoman of the museum’s board, said in a statement that

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