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Aaron Herbert De Groft (December 2, 1965 – January 18, 2025) was an American museum director, author, and art curator. He was a deputy director and chief curator at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art and a director for the Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William & Mary before he joined the Orlando Museum of Art in Florida in 2021.
Orlando Museum of Art has sued its former director, Aaron De Groft, as well as others who were instrumental in bringing the now disgraced “Heroes & Monsters” exhibit of work attributed to Jean ...
Orlando Museum of Art building and grounds. The Orlando Museum of Art (OMA) is a 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit organization directly serving greater Orlando, Orange County and Central Florida. The museum was founded in 1924 by a group of art enthusiasts. The museum's mission is to inspire creativity, passion and intellectual curiosity by connecting ...
Aaron De Groft, the museum director who arranged the exhibit and was subsequently fired, is also named in the lawsuit, which was filed in Orange County circuit court on Aug. 14. He said the case ...
January 22 – Aaron De Groft, 59, American art museum director (Orlando Museum of Art) (born 1965). [21] (death announced on this date) January 24. Rutherford Chang, 45, American conceptual artist (born 1979) [22] Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, 85, American artist and curator (born 1940) [23]
About the Orlando Museum of Art Founded in 1924, the Orlando Museum of Art is a leading cultural institution in the Southeast, dedicated to inspiring creativity, passion, and intellectual curiosity by connecting people with art and new ideas. Media Contact Elsa Anschuetz Uproar PR eanschuetz@uproarpr.com. 10/01/2024 09:00 -0400
In 2007, while director of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, he recognized 1970 as a "bright line" when acquiring ancient art. [26] He advocated changes in the acquisitions policies of the Association of Art Museum Directors as founding chair of its Task Force on Archaeological Materials & Ancient Art beginning in 2003, culminating in its 2008 ...
June 23 - The Orlando Museum of Art in Orlando, Florida is raided by the FBI who seize 25 suspect paintings potentially fraudulently attributed to Jean-Michel Basquiat. The museum's director, Aaron De Groft who staged the exhibition of the works at the art institution is fired five days later. [14]