Art and Craft
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Art and Craft

He puts the artist in con artist.

7.1 / 10 2014 1h 30mNR English
Documentary

Storyline

For several decades, gifted and incredibly prolific forger Mark Landis compulsively created impeccable copies of works by a variety of major artists, donating them to institutions across the country and landing pieces on many of their walls. ART AND CRAFT brings us into the cluttered and insular life of an unforgettable character just as he finds his foil in an equally obsessive art registrar.

Cast & Crew

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Mark Landis

Self

Lead
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Lester Sullivan

Self

IL

Irwin Lakov

Self

ML

Matthew Leininger

Self - registrar, Cincinnati Art Museum

MT

Mark Tullos

Self - museum director, Hilliard Museum

JC

Jill Chancey

Self - curator, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art

ER

Ellen Ruffin

Self - curator, De Grummond Collection

AC

Aaron Cowan

Self - history professor, University of Cincinnati

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mark Becker's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Art and Craft is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker