Art and Craft
Art and Craft

Art and Craft

He puts the artist in con artist.

7.1(35 votes)
2014
1h 30m
Documentary

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.

Production

Motto Pictures, Non Sequitur Productions, Yellow Cake Films, Oscilloscope

Cast

Mark Landis

Mark Landis

Self

Lester Sullivan

Lester Sullivan

Self

Irwin Lakov

Irwin Lakov

Self

Matthew Leininger

Matthew Leininger

Self - registrar, Cincinnati Art Museum

Mark Tullos

Mark Tullos

Self - museum director, Hilliard Museum

Jill Chancey

Jill Chancey

Self - curator, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art

Ellen Ruffin

Ellen Ruffin

Self - curator, De Grummond Collection

Aaron Cowan

Aaron Cowan

Self - history professor, University of Cincinnati

Patty Hall

Patty Hall

Self - Hattiesburg Arts Council

Robert K. Wittman

Robert K. Wittman

Self - special agent, Art Crime Team, Federal Bureau of Investigation

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