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Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery
May 29, 2015 - June 7, 2015
$5
May 29, 30, 31, June 5, 6 and 7 ♦
For nearly 40 years, Wolfgang Beltracchi fooled the international art world and was responsible for the biggest art forgery scandal of the postwar era. An expert in art history, theory and painting techniques, he tracked down the gaps in the oeuvres of great artists – Max Ernst, Fernand Léger, Heinrich Campendonk, André Derain and Max Pechstein, above all – and filled them with his own works. He and his wife Helene would then introduce them to the art world as originals.
What makes these forgeries truly one-of-a-kind is that they are never mere copies of once-existing paintings, but products of Beltracchi’s imagination, works “in the style of” famous early 20th-century artists. With his forgeries, he fooled renowned experts, curators and art dealers. The auctioneers Sotheby’s and Christie’s were hoodwinked, just like Hollywood star Steve Martin and other collectors throughout the world.
In “Beltracchi – The Art of Forgery”, Wolfgang and his wife Helene Beltracchi chat openly – and with great wit and charm – about their quixotic adventures in an overheated art world ruled by blind greed, and in which apparently no one has an answer to the question as to what is an original, and what is a forgery. (2015; Germany; 93 min)
WATCH THE TRAILER
Fri, June 5
The 100-Year Old Man 7:00 @ IU Fine Arts
Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery 7:45 @ IU Woodburn
Sat, June 6
The 100-Year Old Man 7:00 @ IU Fine Arts
Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery 7:45 @ IU Woodburn
Sun, June 7
The 100-Year Old Man 5:30 @ Bear’s Place
Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery 7:45 @ Bear’s Place
Sun, June 7
The 100-Year Old Man 5:30 at Bear’s Place
Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery 7:45 @ Bear’s Place
Fri, June 12
The 100-Year Old Man 7:00 @ IU Fine Arts
The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq 7:45 @ IU Woodburn
Sat, June 13
The 100-Year Old Man 7:00 @ IU Fine Arts
The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq 7:45 @ IU Woodburn
Sun, June 14
The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq 5:30 @ Bear’s Place
The 100-Year Old Man 7:45 @ Bear’s Place
Fri, June 19
The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq 6:30 @ IU Fine Arts
The 100-Year Old Man 7:30 @ IU Woodburn
La Sapienza 8:15 @ IU Fine Arts
Sat, June 20
The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq 6:30 @ IU Fine Arts
The 100-Year Old Man 7:30 @ IU Woodburn
La Sapienza 8:15 @ IU Fine Arts
Sun, June 21
La Sapienza 5:30 @ Bear’s Place
The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq 7:45 @ Bear’s Place
Fri, June 26
La Sapienza 7:00 @ IU Fine Arts
The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq 7:45 @ IU Woodburn
Sat, June 27
La Sapienza 7:00 @ IU Fine Arts
The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq 7:45 @ IU Woodburn