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Basquiat Forger Arrested By FBI |
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NEW YORK.- New York artist Alfredo Martinez has been charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with attempting to deceive two art dealers by selling them $185,000 worth of fake drawings by the famed graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Martinez, a 300-pound Puerto Rico native, is wellknown on the downtown alternative scene. He has also organized large group exhibitions in vacant industrial spaces, including "Playground of the Fearless" in Brooklyn in late 2001. The charges against Martinez, which landed him in Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correction Center on June 19, 2002, involve an alleged scheme to sell fake Basquiat drawings, accompanied by forged certificates of authenticity, to SoHo dealer Leo Malca and a second art dealer. Martinez’ whereabouts could not be determined, but it has been suggested that Martinez is a "con artist" in more ways than one, and would use his arrest to seek notoriety.
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Today's News
June 18, 2024
'Tsiaras, Poseidon and The Hyperbolic Horse' opens at The Blender Gallery in Athens
Gagosian presents Anselm Kiefer's first solo exhibition in Athens
British Museum launches international architectural competition
The Museo del Prado is co-publishing the series "Art and Gender in the Museum. The Prado Collection"
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza opens an exhibition of works by figurative painter Rosario de Velasco
Handbags Online: The New York Edit totals $3.5 million
A tale of 2 nearly extinct giant salamanders
At Tony Awards, 'The Outsiders' wins best musical, and 'Stereophonic' best play
1908-S Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle leads Heritage's $10.9 million Long Beach US Coins auction
"Tavares Strachan: There Is Light Somewhere" opens at The Hayward Gallery
Cormac McCarthy did not talk craft, with one surprising exception
Heritage offers some of baseball's rarest cards in summer sports card catalog auction
Daniel Radcliffe, Pete Townshend and Sarah Paulson party for the Tonys
Save Venice celebrates the Church of San Sebastiano
Best and worst moments from the 2024 Tony Awards
Opening tomorrow in Hydra, "Tschabalala Self: The Bigger Picture"
Tony Awards' viewership inches lower
Powell and Pressburger US retrospective tour - launches at MoMA, New York on 21 June
The Art House unveils brand new portraits created by artist Charan Singh in his first-ever solo exhibition
How an artist became the queen of Baltimore
John Everett Benson, who chiseled John F. Kennedy's grave, dies at 85
Exhibition by Stephen Shore features works from his Topographies series
Hiroshi Sugimoto presents a new series of large-scale photographic prints at Lisson Gallery
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