LA auctioneer admits guilt in Basquiat forged-art scam
by Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times
Apr 12, 2023
2 minutes
On the heels of a new Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibit opening in Los Angeles — one that purports to get to the truth of who the late artist really was — news regarding Basquiat forgeries, shown in a different exhibition in 2022 and unrelated to the Basquiat estate, has come to light.
Los Angeles auctioneer lying to the FBI last year about Basquiat forgeries exhibited in 2022 at the Orlando Museum of Art in Florida and to helping create the fake artworks.
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