Film Screening: ART AND CRAFT at the Full Frame Theater

Third Fridays at the Full Frame Theater are now part of the Full Frame Road Show presented by PNC! Full Frame will be screening free documentaries every Third Friday through November in the Full Frame Theater at the American Tobacco Campus. Screenings are FREE, but all attendees must reserve a ticket via Eventbrite. Tickets reservations for Third Friday screenings open at 9am on the day of the event. Mark Landis has been called one of the most prolific art forgers in US history. His impressive body of work spans thirty years and covers a wide range of painting styles and periods, including 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, 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 Landis's 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.