Auctioneer Confesses to Assisting in Creation of Fake Basquiats at Orlando Museum.
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Auctioneer Michael Barzman has agreed to plead guilty to making false statements to federal investigators and has admitted to helping create fake artworks that were displayed last year at the Orlando Museum of Art as previously unknown works of the celebrated artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Barzman admitted to creating between 20 and 30 fake artworks and then marketing them for sale as if they were authentic Basquiats. He faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
- Auctioneer Admits to Helping Create Fake Works Shown as Basquiats in Orlando The New York Times
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