“Artworks purported to be by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat” are the subject of a subpoena. https://youtu.be/FAQwqyGMzCo Whether it’s brisk sales of $29.99 Basquiat-themed T-shirts at The Gap, large crowds at Basquiat’s most recent art exhibitions or an actual canvas by the painter auctioned last week for $85 million, the ongoing cultural fascination with Jean-Michel Basquiat shows […]
Jordana Moore Saggese, an associate art history professor at the University of Maryland who was hired to write a report on a group of paintings said to be by Jean-Michel Basquiat and comprising an exhibition of the late, revered artist’s work at the Orlando Museum of Art, has asserted that she never authenticated any of the works in question. The twenty-five paintings, which made up the museum’s show “Heroes & Monsters: Jean-Michel Basquiat,” were seized by the FBI’s Art Crime Team on June 24 over concerns that they were forged. All made on reclaimed cardboard, the works were said by their owners
An Orlando Museum of Art official says OMA will continue cooperate with the FBI even though the Basquiat artwork in question is now set to leave the country.