The Showdown is present: come in, sit down and celebrate the agony and the ecstasy of art. Ahead of Benjamin Ree’s The Painter and the Thief (out May 22) we want your ten favorite films about art, artists and the art world. Painters, photographers, sculptors, performance artists—right-handed, left-footed, all the beautiful troublemakers. Not to mention their subjects, dealers, muses, critics, foes, fraudsters and thieves. From Utamaro to Rublev, from Khalo to Keane, from heists to hagiographies; the stories can be real or fictional, told through documentary, experimental or narrative form. Please exit through the gift shop.
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Chrisante 388 films
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Melissa 526 films
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Holerbot6000 16 films
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Pierre Lachaine 100 films
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Ivan 10 films
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cmcguffin 5 films
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Kyle 41 films
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BmoreSmore 43 films
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Travis D. Johnson 10 films
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Jamie 10 films
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Eddie_Kasp 54 films
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Andreas K 15 films
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djaha 8 films
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Hitchcock Barbie 10 films
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Ted C 6 films
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Mariner35 90 films
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Luigui 10 films
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Valdac 10 films
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Dripta Sarangi 38 films
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Jan Roger Gunvaldsen 16 films
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lucas bmr 10 films
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Davormkd 10 films
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Godard_Knocks 6 films
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miserypop 15 films
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Zayne 10 films
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Lexi 10 films
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Stephen Hanson 10 films
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Sam Holdren 10 films
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Em 1 film
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Wallace007 10 films
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Zane 10 films
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nuksazi 23 films
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BaronofHam 21 films
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Tom Cleveland 8 films
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Ian Stratta 15 films
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Adrian Vargas 11 films
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Kevin 56 films
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Ethan Anderson 10 films
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shion ☀ 10 films
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Niall Hassett 10 films
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Jake Price 10 films
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funnybair 11 films
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JTFX 10 films
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Kabir 13 films
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captnspaulding 10 films
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Katie B 10 films
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Charles O'Grady 11 films
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Brett Hudson 10 films
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Warning47 10 films
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Trevor_ 10 films
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Mauricio 12 films
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Beeeeeees 10 films
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Andio 20 films
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openroad 8 films
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Francesco Quario 10 films
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Or 🎬🏴☠️✨ 10 films
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cepsch 10 films
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Benjamin Büscher 22 films
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Sabba 11 films
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FrancesJa 10 films
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Aspiefuck 8 films
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DNArington 5 films
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Samy 10 films
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Josh Hickey 7 films
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Eduardo Ramírez 30 films
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Ilov80s 10 films
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P Bauer 10 films
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il_prof 6 films
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Adam William 10 films
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Joss Rogers 80 films
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rsq2000 10 films
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Mike Myers 11 films
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neslihanim 7 films
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azumukupoe 10 films
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Angelo Cordeiro 10 films
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Kyle Bailey 10 films
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Leonardo Neves 16 films
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Jester_95 25 films
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Rod T 10 films
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AronDanburg 10 films
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Emma Goldstein 14 films
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Guilherme Câmara 10 films
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molly_golightly 10 films
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matt miller 15 films
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Greg Newman 10 films
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kjkirk 10 films
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ethankirk15 7 films
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SeitanicSamurai 11 films