Film
The Giacometti affair
2019 · 55m · Documentary
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Overview
In 2009, while sculptor Alberto Giacometti’s ratings beat records in the art market, an affair erupted in Germany revealing the existence of more than a thousand Giacometti counterfeits, hidden in a warehouse in Mainz. For 10 years, two German merchants and a Dutch forger managed to sell hundreds of fake sculptures, some of which were even exhibited in museums. A German investigator, a private detective in Dutch art, a French sculpture expert and the forger himself, take turns telling us this incredible story as we discover the fascinating and tortured life of Alberto Giacometti.
Crew
- Clara OttDirector
Details
- Release date
- January 20, 2019
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Runtime
- 55m
- Genres
- Documentary
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