Art and war generally do not go hand in hand. But a documentary released in January, Porcelain War, is shining a light on how beauty can survive in dark times. The film follows three Ukrainian ...
New York's M. Knoedler & Co., established in 1846 was the most important and most powerful art gallery in America. When it closed in 2011, amidst a FBI investigation and allegations of wire fraud ...
Collectors were enraged. It was arguably “the largest art fraud in modern memory.” Filmmaker Barry Avrich’s documentary Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art is a stunning dive into ...
To assist, they’re fundraising for the film at an art exhibit and auction called The Jacka Art Experience, opening Jan. 31 at the Loom in Oakland. A portrait of the Jacka by Billy Blaze. (Courtesy of ...
Slava Leontyev and Brendan Bellomo's documentary about Ukrainian artists standing up to Russian invaders is well-intentioned but often loses sight of the inherent value of art. Featuring footage ...
As an inside view of artists' interactions with an oppressive government, the documentary will likely never be screened in its home country. “It's just the facts,” Coyula tells The Art Newspaper.