Coming to virtual cinema August 28th, Driven to Abstraction is a documentary that takes a look at an $80 million forgery scandal in the abstract art world. Directed by Daria Price, the film interviews people in the art world and compiles a picture behind the gallery owners that conned rich people out of millions of dollars for well-crafted forgeries under the name of famous abstract artists.
Here’s the official synopsis:
Driven to Abstraction unravels a mutating tale of self-delusion, greed, and fraud — the $80 million forgery scandal that rocked the art world and brought down Knoedler, New York City’s oldest and most venerable gallery. Was the gallery’s esteemed director the victim of a con artist who showed up with an endless treasure trove of previously unseen abstract expressionist masterpieces? Or did she eventually suspect they were fakes, yet continue to sell them for many millions of dollars for fifteen years? Whatever the truth, two women from very different worlds were, wittingly or not, caught up in the greatest hoax ever of Modern American Art.
