A four-film season on art, money and obsession — presented in partnership with the Sarasota Film Society at Burns Court Cinemas.
Burns Court Cinemas · 506 Burns Lane, Sarasota FL 34236
Doors 6:00 PM · Introduction 6:55 PM · Screening 7:00 PM · Q&A to follow
$15 general admission
Every film in this season asks the question we answer on the rostrum: what is a work of art actually worth, and who gets to say so? Each screening opens with a short introduction at 6:55 PM and closes with a Q&A — a chance to talk about attribution, provenance and the market with people who handle it for a living.
Amei Wallach’s documentary reconstructs the 1964 Venice Biennale, when the United States mounted an unprecedented campaign to win the Grand Prize for Robert Rauschenberg — and with it, the center of gravity of the art world. Part Cold War intrigue, part origin story for the contemporary market.
A self-made billionaire lifts a Monet from the Metropolitan Museum for the sport of it, and the insurance investigator on his trail proves every bit his match. The most stylish heist picture ever made about the value we agree to assign a canvas.
George Clooney’s wartime drama follows the curators, architects and art historians sent to the front to find and return the works looted by the Third Reich. A reminder that provenance is sometimes written under fire.
The Salvator Mundi went from a $1,175 auction lot to a $450 million record — and then vanished. Andreas Koefoed’s documentary follows the restorers, dealers and oligarchs who made it, and asks what authentication is really worth.
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