Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art

2020

1h 36m

6.8(85 votes)

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Overview

A woman walks into a New York gallery with a cache of unknown masterworks. Thus begins a story of art world greed, willfulness and a high-stakes con.

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11 members

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Ann Freedman

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M.H. Miller

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Perry Amsellem

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Patricia Cohen

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Luke Nikas

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Eleanore De Sole

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Blake Gopnik

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Jack Flam

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Charles Schmerler

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Jeffrey Taylor

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Michael Schnayerson

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