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Hello, 
Excuse me if this post comes twice - I thought I had posted yesterday, but don't see it.  

Our museum is trying to pull together a list of all the great art-related movies, feature films and documentary films, where the focus is directly related to art, art security/theft, artists lives, as well as movies that have art strongly prominent in the background.  We hope to begin having movie events.

Love to hear your favorites?  You can either just respond or share on this google doc: Art Related Movies


Thanks in advance for your help developing a list!

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Bobbi Hapgood
President/CEO Ryobi Foundation
Powers Art Center
Carbondale CO
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First, a Van Gogh quartet:  Lust For Life, Van Gogh (French, 'R'), Loving Vincent & At Eternity's Gate
Nightwatching (Rembrandt drama)
The Mystery of Picasso (documentary)
Woman In Gold
Girl With A Pearl Earring
My Left Foot
Big Eyes
Peggy Guggenheim - Art Addict (documentary)
Frida ('R')
Black Art - In the Absence of Light (documentary)
Mr. Turner ('R')

And, in the theft/con arena:
The two versions of The Thomas Crown Affair (newer is 'R')
The Anderson Tapes
How To Steal A Million
The Art Of The Steal
Made You Look
The Monuments Men
The Art Dealer (French)
The Best Offer ('R')

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John Wharton
Museum Docent &
Retired Museum Professional
Bonita Springs FL
http://linkedin.com/in/john-wharton-9629149
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(Sorry, scratch The Anderson Tapes - wrong type of heist.)

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John Wharton
Museum Docent &
Retired Museum Professional
Bonita Springs FL
http://linkedin.com/in/john-wharton-9629149
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-10-2022 07:40 AM
From: John Wharton
Subject: Art Related Movies

First, a Van Gogh quartet:  Lust For Life, Van Gogh (French, 'R'), Loving Vincent & At Eternity's Gate
Nightwatching (Rembrandt drama)
The Mystery of Picasso (documentary)
Woman In Gold
Girl With A Pearl Earring
My Left Foot
Big Eyes
Peggy Guggenheim - Art Addict (documentary)
Frida ('R')
Black Art - In the Absence of Light (documentary)
Mr. Turner ('R')

And, in the theft/con arena:
The two versions of The Thomas Crown Affair (newer is 'R')
The Anderson Tapes
How To Steal A Million
The Art Of The Steal
Made You Look
The Monuments Men
The Art Dealer (French)
The Best Offer ('R')

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John Wharton
Museum Docent &
Retired Museum Professional
Bonita Springs FL
http://linkedin.com/in/john-wharton-9629149
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Original Message:
Sent: 3/10/2022 7:40:00 AM
From: John Wharton
Subject: RE: Art Related Movies

First, a Van Gogh quartet:  Lust For Life, Van Gogh (French, 'R'), Loving Vincent & At Eternity's Gate
Nightwatching (Rembrandt drama)
The Mystery of Picasso (documentary)
Woman In Gold
Girl With A Pearl Earring
My Left Foot
Big Eyes
Peggy Guggenheim - Art Addict (documentary)
Frida ('R')
Black Art - In the Absence of Light (documentary)
Mr. Turner ('R')

And, in the theft/con arena:
The two versions of The Thomas Crown Affair (newer is 'R')
The Anderson Tapes
How To Steal A Million
The Art Of The Steal
Made You Look
The Monuments Men
The Art Dealer (French)
The Best Offer ('R')

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John Wharton
Museum Docent &
Retired Museum Professional
Bonita Springs FL
http://linkedin.com/in/john-wharton-9629149
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Hello,

I have seen 'Renoir' (real. Gilles Bourdos) a few years ago.
Others I found:
Gauguin (by Edouard Deluc with Vincent Cassel)
Artemisia (by Agnes Merlet)
The Mystery of Picasso (by Henri-Georges Clouzot)

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Marjolaine Brabander
Exhibit Designer
Double Dare Design
North Vancouver BC
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Where to begin!

The Artist is Present (Marina Abramovic)
Sky Ladder
I Shot Andy Warhol
Pollock
Camille Claudel
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Basquiat

(Hope I didn't duplicate too many.)


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Michelle Sass
Visitor Engagement Navigator
Missouri History Museum
Saint Louis MO
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Original Message:
Sent: 3/10/2022 1:49:00 PM
From: Michelle Sass
Subject: RE: Art Related Movies

Where to begin!

The Artist is Present (Marina Abramovic)
Sky Ladder
I Shot Andy Warhol
Pollock
Camille Claudel
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Basquiat

(Hope I didn't duplicate too many.)


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Michelle Sass
Visitor Engagement Navigator
Missouri History Museum
Saint Louis MO
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Thought of a few more:

Henry Darger - In the Realms of the Unreal
Finding Vivian Maier
Beauty is Embarrassing (Wayne White)
Beyond the Visible (Hilma af Klint)
Ten Films: Oskar Fischinger (though not so much about art as they are art / animation by an artist)

if you're willing to consider horror:
Velvet Buzzsaw
and of course, The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Michelle Sass
Visitor Engagement Navigator
Missouri History Museum
Saint Louis MO
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-10-2022 01:49 PM
From: Michelle Sass
Subject: Art Related Movies

Where to begin!

The Artist is Present (Marina Abramovic)
Sky Ladder
I Shot Andy Warhol
Pollock
Camille Claudel
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Basquiat

(Hope I didn't duplicate too many.)


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Michelle Sass
Visitor Engagement Navigator
Missouri History Museum
Saint Louis MO
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Documentaries and bio pics are great, but I'm here following for the instances where famous art makes a cameo in the background.

The recent version of Candyman is about a fictional artist, but pulls from many recognizable sources. There is a whole scene set in the SF MoMA around a Rothko at the end of the Antman movie.

What about TV shows with loads of art references in the background? Bojack Horseman is loaded with hilarious spoofs of famous artworks in the background of practically every scene. Season three of Netflix's Daredevil heavily features works of contemporary art in Kingpin's penthouse suite. 



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Christina Elliott
Associate Curator of Education
Oklahoma State University Museum of Art
Stillwater OK
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Ocean's Twelve! Danny & the gang are challenged to pull off a heist of the Fabergé "Coronation" egg from the Galleria D'Arte Di Roma (filmed from composite sets, not in the actual museum). This one brings me great joy, especially because of phenomenal cameo comedic chemistry by Julia Roberts and Bruce Willis in a key portion of the film. 

What a fun discussion. I'm saving all of these for an ongoing secret museum movies film series with loved ones. 

Sarah Lima
SITES|SA 
Washington, DC


Original Message:
Sent: 03-10-2022 03:36 PM
From: Christina Elliott
Subject: Art Related Movies

Documentaries and bio pics are great, but I'm here following for the instances where famous art makes a cameo in the background.

The recent version of Candyman is about a fictional artist, but pulls from many recognizable sources. There is a whole scene set in the SF MoMA around a Rothko at the end of the Antman movie.

What about TV shows with loads of art references in the background? Bojack Horseman is loaded with hilarious spoofs of famous artworks in the background of practically every scene. Season three of Netflix's Daredevil heavily features works of contemporary art in Kingpin's penthouse suite. 



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Christina Elliott
Associate Curator of Education
Oklahoma State University Museum of Art
Stillwater OK
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Gosh! Older folks in the conversation might remember: there was a woman who presented a couple of times at AAM in the 1990s about museums in movies, and she had wonderful long lists that surely included movies specifically focused on art. I CANNOT call up her name but I corresponded with her a few times, pre-email. I think she was in California; I don't recall if she ever published her work. Great resource if she and/or her materials can be found. If I saved her lists I'll be back to you -- will look in storage... -- Beau (Elizabeth) Vallance, former art museum educator, retired from teaching at Indiana University

Sent from my iPad


Original Message:
Sent: 3/10/2022 3:36:00 PM
From: Christina Elliott
Subject: RE: Art Related Movies

Documentaries and bio pics are great, but I'm here following for the instances where famous art makes a cameo in the background.

The recent version of Candyman is about a fictional artist, but pulls from many recognizable sources. There is a whole scene set in the SF MoMA around a Rothko at the end of the Antman movie.

What about TV shows with loads of art references in the background? Bojack Horseman is loaded with hilarious spoofs of famous artworks in the background of practically every scene. Season three of Netflix's Daredevil heavily features works of contemporary art in Kingpin's penthouse suite. 



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Christina Elliott
Associate Curator of Education
Oklahoma State University Museum of Art
Stillwater OK
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The Hideaways with Ingrid Bergman filmed at the Met based on the Newberry Award wining book From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler is available on You Tube.

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Barbara Fleisher Zucker PhD
Retired
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-11-2022 11:37 AM
From: Elizabeth (Beau) Vallance
Subject: Art Related Movies

Gosh! Older folks in the conversation might remember: there was a woman who presented a couple of times at AAM in the 1990s about museums in movies, and she had wonderful long lists that surely included movies specifically focused on art. I CANNOT call up her name but I corresponded with her a few times, pre-email. I think she was in California; I don't recall if she ever published her work. Great resource if she and/or her materials can be found. If I saved her lists I'll be back to you -- will look in storage... -- Beau (Elizabeth) Vallance, former art museum educator, retired from teaching at Indiana University

Sent from my iPad



Original Message:
Sent: 3/10/2022 3:36:00 PM
From: Christina Elliott
Subject: RE: Art Related Movies

Documentaries and bio pics are great, but I'm here following for the instances where famous art makes a cameo in the background.

The recent version of Candyman is about a fictional artist, but pulls from many recognizable sources. There is a whole scene set in the SF MoMA around a Rothko at the end of the Antman movie.

What about TV shows with loads of art references in the background? Bojack Horseman is loaded with hilarious spoofs of famous artworks in the background of practically every scene. Season three of Netflix's Daredevil heavily features works of contemporary art in Kingpin's penthouse suite. 



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Christina Elliott
Associate Curator of Education
Oklahoma State University Museum of Art
Stillwater OK
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"Museum Hours," an independent feature by Jem Cohen about a grieving woman who befriends a museum guard. Highly recommended.
"Rembrandt," a 1934 biopic with Charles Laughton, Alexander Korda, dir.
"Summer Hours," by Olivier Assayas, some call it a masterpiece; I found it unwatchable.
"Who the Bleep is Jackson Pollack," a documentary about authenticating a possible Pollack found in a flea market--quite entertaining
"La Chienne" by Jean Renoir, remade by Fritz Lang as "Scarlet Street," about an amateur painter who gets mixed up with the wrong people. Both versions are quite wonderful.
"Topkapi," a heist film at the Istanbul museum; Jules Dassin, dir.
"Never Look Away," based on the life of Gerhard Richter; Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, dir.
"Animal Crackers," a Marx Brothers film whose plot involves a painting forgery/theft. There really isn't all that much about the painting in the film, but it does include Gourcho's finest moment ever: an extended send-up of Eugene O'Neill's "Strange Interlude." (O'Neill unsuccessfully sued.)

Enjoy!
--Andrew Gurian, New York City

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Andrew Gurian
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-10-2022 03:36 PM
From: Christina Elliott
Subject: Art Related Movies

Documentaries and bio pics are great, but I'm here following for the instances where famous art makes a cameo in the background.

The recent version of Candyman is about a fictional artist, but pulls from many recognizable sources. There is a whole scene set in the SF MoMA around a Rothko at the end of the Antman movie.

What about TV shows with loads of art references in the background? Bojack Horseman is loaded with hilarious spoofs of famous artworks in the background of practically every scene. Season three of Netflix's Daredevil heavily features works of contemporary art in Kingpin's penthouse suite. 



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Christina Elliott
Associate Curator of Education
Oklahoma State University Museum of Art
Stillwater OK
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The indie movie "Love Is Strange" uses the work of Fairfield Porter to define the main character, who is an artist.  We were considering putting together a show of the actual works painted for artist related movies...the false Jackson Pollocks, the false Fairfield Porters, etc. ...and the mise en scene works in movie backgrounds...The director notes for Love Is Strange concerning the search for art work is very revealing. IAM/Long Island

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Mary Lou Cohalan
Director
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I haven't seen it in a long time, but I think Midnight in Paris has lots of famous artwork in it. It definitely introduces a lot of famous artists.

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Sarah Rosenkrans
Exhibit and Education Assistant
Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Bloomington IN
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Such a great post!! - I'm following just for my own self-serving reasons. I love a good art movie. 

One of my favorites is "Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art" (2015 documentary)
"The Fall of the House of Usher" (1960) - a Vincent Price film that featured art by the great outsider artist Burt Shonberg
"The Goldfinch" (2019) - an interesting take about an art heist and fraud. It was panned by critics but I enjoyed it (mostly because it stayed true to the book)

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Jillian Slane
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I would add to this amazing list a fun film for the "great art in the background" theme: Ferris Bueller's Day Off. There's that wonderful scene in which the truants visit the Art Institute of Chicago. Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" is prominently featured.

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Amy Estes
Director of Marketing and Communications
Bard Graduate Center Gallery
New York NY
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A few more:

The Agony and the Ecstasy
Tim's Vermeer
Closed Mondays ( an early claymation short about an art museum)
Art School Confidential (movie based on Daniel Clowes' comic story about his time at Pratt Institute)

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Ian Breheny
Exhibit Designer
Florida Museum of Natural History - University of Florida
Gainesville FL
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Hello Bobbi! Great thread!

I put my 2cents worth on the excel document you shared. 

Have you come across this neat website? http://www.paintingsinmovies.com/
So cool!

Let us know how your movie events go!

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Lisa Ortega-Pol, MFA
Museum Educator
Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte
Universidad de Puerto Rico
San Juan PR
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The woman from the 1990s+ with great lists of museums in film and literature was Barbara Zucker, in St Louis (not California).  I have  her 1996 and 2001 bibliographies of children's museum books, but her August 2001 cover letter refers to a 1996 session and "two previous bibliographies of adult titles, the museum in film and the museum in mysteries" which I don't have though I remember the sessions, really fun.  I've written to her, hoping her 2001 email is still good, and will report if I learn anything. I'm sending this incomplete information now as a lead, in case this excellent conversation comes to an end before I learn more. -- Beau Vallance, retired but I may print out this whole thread for personal use, it's been great

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Elizabeth Vallance PhD
Associate Professor Emeritus
Bloomington IN
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"The Red Violin" is fantastic in terms of object lifetimes and the concept of access vs. preservation. Also reads like a thriller in certain respects due to the research aspect. It has an R-rating so bear this in mind for viewing events.

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Franky Moore
Student
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There is a lovely scene in Little Man Tate (1991) when a boy discusses Vincent Van Gogh's, Irises (1889). 

Jane Grierson (Dianne Wiest): Why is there only one white iris? 

7 yr. old Fred Tate (Adam Hann-Byrd): Because he's lonely. I wake up in his paintings. 

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Douglas Flandro
Exhibit Designer
Cambridge Seven Associates, Inc.
Cambridge MA
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Hi AAM Friends - Adding The Thomas Crown Affair (from 1999) to this list.

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Casey Wigglesworth
Assistant Vice President
Huntington T. Block Insurance Agency An AON Company
Washington DC
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-15-2022 09:51 AM
From: Douglas Flandro
Subject: Art Related Movies

There is a lovely scene in Little Man Tate (1991) when a boy discusses Vincent Van Gogh's, Irises (1889). 

Jane Grierson (Dianne Wiest): "Why is there only one white iris? 

7 yr. old Fred Tate (Adam Hann-Byrd): Because he's lonely. I wake up in his paintings. 

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Douglas Flandro
Exhibit Designer
Cambridge Seven Associates, Inc.
Cambridge MA
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Russian Ark

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Christopher Graham
guest curator
American Civil War Museum
Richmond VA
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A 2015 documentary by French documentary filmmaker  Brigitte Chevet about the heroic work of Rose Valland in secretly keeping records of the artworks stolen by the Nazis and then assisting the Monuments Men in their recovery after the end of World War II.

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Martha Katz-Hyman
Independent Curator
Newport News, VA
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-16-2022 07:38 AM
From: Christopher Graham
Subject: Art Related Movies

Russian Ark

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Christopher Graham
guest curator
American Civil War Museum
Richmond VA
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I added The Rape of Europa to the list. An excellent portrayal of the Nazi plunder of much artwork during WWII and the efforts at saving them.

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Madelaine Zadik
Botanic Garden Consultant
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The Maysles Brothers film Running Fence is my favorite art documentary. The woman who testifies at a council hearing comparing temporary art to cooking a great meal that disappears, the rancher who says "I think I'll come up here and sleep under the fence" are inspiring.

And their Valley Curtain film on Christo's previous project also was nominated for an academy award.

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Joseph Newland
Director of Publishing
The Menil Collection
Houston TX
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Boom For Real: The Late Teenage Years of Basquiat - by Sara Driver, is a really inspiring look into Basqiat's early career and is loaded with many people from the late 70s/early 80s art scene in lower Manhattan.

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Travis Johansen
Exhibition Designer
Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester
Rochester NY
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Hi,
Attached is a list of movies I share with my students.

Raul Manzano, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor

Visual Arts Mentor

Raul.Manzano@esc.edu

Instagram: @raulmanzanophd

Facebook: Facebook

Linkedin: Raul Manzano | LinkedIn

Website: www.raul-manzano.com

 

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Raul Manzano
New York NY
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