The Art of The Steal

A Film by Don Argott

Don Argott's gripping documentary The Art of the Steal chronicles the long and dramatic struggle for control of the Barnes Foundation, a private college 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 that 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 hi swill, 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 politics prevail over a man's dying wishes?

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