In Theaters:
The Art of the Steal
Everybody likes a good art heist, in theory, thanks to our cinematically-warped image of art thieves as gentlemanly criminals. But Don Argott’s documentary The Art of the Steal is the rare heist film where we root for the art owners, not the cunning thieves. The bad guys here are a powerful cabal of politicians, media entities, greedheads, and massive public charity organizations, while the good guys are a scrappy bunch of art scholars. What are they fighting over? Control of a collection believed to be the greatest repository of Post-Impressionist and early Modern art, and is rumored to be worth at least $25 billion…
The Art of the Steal is in limited release now. Read the full review at filmcritic.com.
