Art and Craft
Art and Craft

Art and Craft

He puts the artist in con artist.

September 19, 201490 min7.1EN
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.

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Cast

Mark Landis
Mark LandisSelf
Lester Sullivan
Lester SullivanSelf
Irwin Lakov
Irwin LakovSelf
Matthew Leininger
Matthew LeiningerSelf - registrar, Cincinnati Art Museum
Mark Tullos
Mark TullosSelf - museum director, Hilliard Museum
Jill Chancey
Jill ChanceySelf - curator, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
Ellen Ruffin
Ellen RuffinSelf - curator, De Grummond Collection
Aaron Cowan
Aaron CowanSelf - history professor, University of Cincinnati
Patty Hall
Patty HallSelf - Hattiesburg Arts Council
Robert K. Wittman
Robert K. WittmanSelf - special agent, Art Crime Team, Federal Bureau of Investigation