Made you Look (2021)

[King Bob]

Saw this a few days ago and forgot to post, and now Greg beat me to it. I remember reading about this in the New York Times when it went to court, but had forgotten all about it. The main court case was just the lawyer and his extremely vindictive wife looking for revenge because they looked foolish. I think the gallerist probably thought the first paintings were real (mainly because she wanted to believe it), but as time went by, she sold so many that it was just not possible one seller had all those unknown paintings by extremely major artists. The gallery owner was just a douchebag who probably didn't care either way. I have no gallery experience, but if someone showed up with a supposed Rothko with no provenance, I think I'd be skeptical. But then I am habitually a bit suspicious of strangers.

This was also good on exposing the completely subjective nature of most expertise in the art world.