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FBI seizes more than two dozen disputed Basquiat paintings from Florida museum

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According to a search warrant, federal art crimes investigators have been looking into the 25 paintings since shortly after their discovery in 2012.
The FBI raided a Florida art museum on Friday and seized more than two dozen paintings attributed to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat following questions about their authenticity. Orlando Museum of Art spokeswoman Emilia Bourmas-Fry said in a statement that they were complying with a warrant from the FBI for access to the « Heroes and Monsters » exhibit, which is now in the government’s possession. She added that no one on the museum’s staff has been arrested.
« It is important to note that we still have not been led to believe the Museum has been or is the subject of any investigation », Bourmas-Fry said. « We continue to see our involvement purely as a fact witness. »
According to a search warrant, federal art crimes investigators have been looking into the 25 paintings since shortly after their discovery in 2012.

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