The Conversation
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The Christophers explores the world of art fakes, but leaves its hardest questions unresolved
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A review of Steven Soderbergh's film 'The Christophers' examines the central question of whether the artist's identity matters when authenticating artwork, centred on a forger hired to complete paintings by a renowned painter.
The Christophers explores the world of art fakes, but leaves its hardest questions unresolved
A former artist turned art forger, Lori Butler (Michaela Coel) poses a deceptively simple question at the heart of Steven Soderbergh’s new film, The Christophers: does it really matter who paints an artwork?
She is commissioned by the adult children of renowned painter Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) – Barnaby (James Corden) and Sallie (Jessica Gunning) – to “complete” the last of his unfinished works, The Christophers.
Once complete, their real intention is to sell the series of paintings for a for
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