ORLANDO, Fla. – Following a raid by the FBI where by investigators seized the Orlando Museum of Art’s Basquiat exhibit, museum officers have introduced a adjust in leadership.
The Basquiat show — titled “Heroes and Monsters” — came below scrutiny soon after concerns arose surrounding the authenticity of the exhibit’s art pieces.
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Even with industry experts suggesting or else, former Orlando Museum of Art Director Aaron De Groft continuously insisted that the artwork was legit.
Emilia Bourmas-Fry, the museum’s director of advertising and communications, claimed the museum’s board of trustees is “extremely concerned” about the troubles involving the exhibit, which includes an “inappropriate” e-mail correspondence sent to academic authorities pertaining to some of the exhibit’s art pieces.
“Effective quickly, Aaron De Groft is no extended Director and CEO of Orlando Museum of Artwork,” Bourmas-Fry mentioned in a assertion. “Joann Walfish, a longtime employee who has served as CFO, has been appointed interim COO and will direct the organization through this transition.”
Bourmas-Fry added that the museum is also making some new conclusions relating to impending reveals, which the museum programs to announce at a later day.
No data was produced about the referenced e-mail correspondence, nor did the museum deal with regardless of whether the correspondence was related to the change in CEOs.
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