L.A. man says he helped forge Orlando art museum’s fake Basquiat paintings
Posted on AllSides April 13th, 2023
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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 Michael Barzman on Tuesday admitted lying to the FBI last year about Basquiat forgeries exhibited in 2022 at the Orlando Museum of Art and to helping create the fake artworks. Barzman, 45, of North Hollywood, agreed...
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