The owners of works the FBI seized from the Orlando Museum of Art have filed an eight-figure claim, but the insurers say “coverage is unavailable because… the property was inauthentic”

Two insurers are pushing back against a $19.7 million claim by the owners of 25 fake Basquiat paintings seized from the Orlando Museum.

Two insurance companies have asked a court to block a $19.7 million claim by owners of more than two dozen forged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings seized during an FBI raid at the Orlando Museum of Art in 2022.

Aaron De Groft, the former CEO of the Orlando Museum of Art whose tenure was ultimately defined by a Basquiat forgery scandal, died on January 18 at 59. According to an obituary published on Monday, De Groft died after a brief illness.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and Great American Insurance Company sought a declaratory judgment in Orlando, Florida ... painting by artist Jean-Michel Basquiat is displayed at the Orlando ...

(AP) — Two insurance companies have asked a court to block a $19.7 million claim by owners of more than two dozen forged Jean-Michel Basquiat ... judgment in Orlando, Florida, that the policy ...

Aaron De Groft, a former head of the Orlando Museum of Art who left the institution under a cloud in 2022 after it was raided by the FBI as part of an art fraud probe into more than two dozen forged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings,

Crawford Area Transportation Authority’s Loop Route returns today — serving both Allegheny College and the general public. The Loop is a Thursday-only afternoon and evening route connecting multiple stops at the college with major Meadville-area destinations.

International auction house PIASA has announced robust results for 2024, with total auction sales nearing €65 million (including buyer’s premiums). Christie’s Luxury Week in New York continued with Design and Tiffany on Wednesday, December 11 ...

243.7 x 527.2 x 45.7 cm. (95.9 x 207.6 x 18 in.)

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