Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

The Christophers explores the world of art fakes, but leaves its hardest questions unresolved

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par Edward White, PhD Candidate in Psychology, Kingston University

A former artist turned art forger, Lori Butler (Michaela Coel) poses a deceptively simple question at the heart of Steven Soderbergh’s new film, The Christophers: does it really matter who paints an artwork?

She is commissioned by the adult children of renowned painter Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) – Barnaby (James Corden) and Sallie (Jessica Gunning) – to “complete” the last of his unfinished works, The Christophers.

Once complete, their real intention is to sell the series of paintings for a fortune…

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