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The Art of the Steal is a american film of genre Documentary directed by Don Argott released in USA on 1 january 2009 with Kurt Russell

The Art of the Steal (2009)

The Art of the Steal
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Released in USA 1 january 2009
Length 1h41
Directed by
OriginUSA
Rating74% 3.741953.741953.741953.741953.74195

The Art of the Steal is a 2009 documentary film about the controversial move of the Barnes Foundation, generally considered to be the world's best collection of post-Impressionist art and valued in 2009 to be worth at least $25-billion, from Merion, Pennsylvania to Philadelphia. The move was disputed because Doctor Albert C. Barnes, who died in 1951, had specifically selected Lower Merion Township for its location. The collection was moved in 2012 to downtown Philadelphia. The film presents an account of the claimed breaking of Barnes' will, which it presents as a decades-long process that was initiated by Philadelphians who were enemies of Barnes while he was alive, and that was continued by their heirs.

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Kurt Russell
Jay Baruchel
Katheryn Winnick
Kenneth Welsh
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