An un-missable look at one of the art world’s most fascinating controversies and a celebrated selection of the Toronto, New York and AFI Film Festivals, Don Argott’s gripping documentary THE ART OF THE STEAL chronicles the long and dramatic struggle for control of the Barnes Foundation, a private collection of art valued at more than $25 billion. In 1922, Dr. Albert C. Barnes formed a remarkable educational institution around his priceless collection of art, located just five miles outside of Philadelphia. Now, more than 50 years after Barnes’ death, a powerful group of moneyed interests have gone to court for control of the art, and intend to bring it to a new museum in Philadelphia. Standing in their way is a group of Barnes’ former students and his will, which contains strict instructions stating the Foundation should always be an educational institution, and that the paintings may never be removed. Will they succeed, or will a man’s will be broken and one of America’s greatest cultural monuments be destroyed?
Barnes foundation an impressionism fantasy
太阳底下真是没什么新鲜事
私有财产神圣而不可侵犯
看的特别难过，本来一直对用Foucault的理论研究博物馆里的权力系统持怀疑态度，但是看着艺术品最后一步步沦为了政治筹码不得不怀疑人生……如果说名家名作被政客看上了有利用价值，副产品还顺便福泽大众的话，那Art for arts sake是不是最悲伤的事了……
2010.12.26 这么一个有强烈偏向性的纪录片，陈述起事实的时候却丝毫不会显得太偏执。故事叙述，情绪buildup都很到位。直到最后一刻，都让我为它的结局纠结不已。
