Please join us for Artist Film Night discussion on Monday, April 26!

Our upcoming featured film is “Art and Craft”.

Please watch the film on Prime or Kanopy and then join us on Monday evening, April 26 at 6 pm on Zoom to enjoy rich film conversation.

Mark Landis has been called one of the most prolific art forgers in US history. His impressive body of work spans thirty years, covering a wide range of painting styles and periods that includes 15th Century Icons, Picasso, and even Walt Disney. And while the copies could fetch impressive sums on the open market, Landis isn’t in it for money. Posing as a philanthropic donor, a grieving executor of a family member’s will, and most recently as a Jesuit priest, Landis has given away hundreds of works over the years to a staggering list of institutions across the United States.

But after duping Matthew Leininger, a tenacious registrar who ultimately discovers the decades-long ruse and sets out to expose his philanthropic escapades to the art world, Landis must confront his own legacy and a chorus of museum professionals clamoring for him to stop.

ART AND CRAFT starts out as a cat-and-mouse art caper, rooted in questions of authorship and authenticity–but what emerges is an intimate story of obsession and the universal need for community, appreciation, and purpose.

Directors: Jennifer Grausman, Mark Becker and Sam Cullman.

It’s available on Prime https://www.amazon.com/Art-Craft-Mark-Landis/dp/B00QSNNPCS

and through the Marin County Library’s free Kanopy streaming service: https://marinlibrary.kanopy.com/?_ga=2.98432791.925548483.1618611731-2042938774.1618611731

Please watch the film this weekend, and then join us on Monday evening, April 26, 2021, at 6 pm on ZOOM to enjoy rich film conversation.