Richard Crouse

I’ll be hosting a Q&A with director Barry Avrich about his film “Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art” ar the Badminton and Racquet Club.

“Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art is a crime documentary about the largest art fraud in American history set in the super rich, super obsessed and superfast art world of New York. Controversy erupts when an unassuming couple floods the art market with a collection of fake art sold for millions to the prestigious Knoedler Gallery who then sold the art to collectors and the art world elite, in this entertaining and suspenseful tale of an $80 million ingenious con that everyone wanted to believe was real.”

Check out episode five of Richard’s new web series, “In Isolation With…” It’s the talk show where we make a connection without actually making contact! Today, broadcasting directly from Isolation Studios (a.k.a. my home office), we meet Barry Avrich, director of “Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art” (airing on CBC and the CBC Gem streaming service and documentary Channel). It’s a fascinating look into an eighty-million dollar art-forgery scandal that resulted in 10 lawsuits and brought with it the closure of one of New York City’s most venerated galleries. Barry talks about the scandal and how some of the leading art experts in the world were suckered by a scam artist with no background in art. Come visit with us! In isolation we are united!

Watch the whole thing HERE