Andrew Crispo

Andrew John Crispo (April 21, 1945 – February 8, 2024) was an American art gallerist and convicted felon.[1][2] In 1985 Crispo was implicated in the so-called Death Mask Murder of Norwegian fashion student Eigil Dag Vesti. The murder, committed by Crispo's employee Bernard LeGeros, shocked the global art community and has since received wide international coverage by authors and journalists,[3][4] with writer Gary Indiana noting that Crispo never being charged in the murder was "one of the most surpassingly ugly things that ever happened in the art world."[5]

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  2. ^ "Collectors' Reversals of Fortune Can Mean a Payday for Auction Houses - or Spell Disaster". ARTnews. October 20, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  3. ^ "The Biggest Society Scandals To Rock New York". Guest of a Guest. August 9, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  4. ^ "El Crimen Sadomasoquista que Conmocionó al Arte Neoyorquino". Vanity Fair (Spain). December 18, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  5. ^ "Sixteen Members of The Art Community Share Their Most Shocking Memories". Interview. January 8, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2021.