Orlando Museum’s Longtime Chief Curator Departs as Basquiat Investigation Continues

The longtime chief curator of the Orlando Museum of Art, Hansen Mulford, has quietly retired after 42 years without fanfare or even advanced notice to staff, according to local press.Mulford’s retirement was first reported by the Orlando Sentinel, which noted that with it, the OMA’s top leaders during last year’s Basquiat scandal have all left the institution. The former museum director, Aaron De Groft, was fired in June 2022 by the OMA board of trustees only days after th