Aaron De Groft was removed from his position days after the F.B.I. seized 25 works that had been shown in a Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibit and whose authenticity had been questioned.
Tag: Art
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Margaret Keane, Painter of Sad-Eyed Waifs, Dies at 94
Her work was immensely popular and virtually ubiquitous. But until the matter was settled in court, her husband fraudulently claimed credit for it.
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Sam Gilliam ‘Took a Step Most People Didn’t Understand Was Possible’
The artists Melvin Edwards and Rashid Johnson reflect on the legacy of their friend, just days after he died at age 88.
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Daniel Weiss, Met Museum’s Chief Executive, to Step Down
Daniel H. Weiss was a stabilizing force, but his departure raises questions about whether the museum’s two-pronged management structure still works and will continue.
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Sam Gilliam, Abstract Artist of Drape Paintings, Dies at 88
A brilliant colorist, he hung his canvases from ceilings in great curves and loops, or pinned them, gathered, to walls, taking his medium into three dimensions.