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Sunday, February 28, 2010

Film: The Art of the Steal


This is pretty much as exciting as it gets: a documentary about art, theft, money, and court cases determining how culture gets managed. This is a story about the Barnes Foundation, whose owner arranged and created a museum and left legal instructions on the management of the institution and its operation. Unfortunately those instructions aren't oriented towards profit, or the "revitalization" of Philadelphia - so the wishes of the collector and owner have been overrun by trust lawyers, and other plans.
Can't. Wait.


See the trailer here.

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