Aaron De Groft was removed as director and CEO after the museum s board of trustees met on Tuesday night, following the federal raid on Friday seizing 25 disputed Basquiat works.
An affidavit calls into question the origin story of works attributed to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat that the FBI seized from the Orlando Museum of Art.
The FBI raided the Orlando Museum of Art in Florida on Friday, taking all 25 works that had been part of an exhibition on the life and work of Jean-Michel Basquiat, the museum said. The Orlando museum is now led by the former director of Williamsburg's Muscarelle, at William & Mary. 37"; 2 photos (file and new). NYT/Smith
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.