art authentication through the experiences of Teri Horton, a 73-year-
old former truck driver who buys a $5 painting that she learns may be
a $50 million Jackson Pollock. The film documents 15 years of debate
surrounding the provenance of Horton's painting, signatureless but
containing Pollock's fingerprint impressed on the back of the canvas.
IU's own Jackson Pollock painting, Number 11, 1949.
plethora of Warhol documentaries
made in the last 25 years.
Entirely filmed in rural Slovakia,
this delightful exposé includes
colorful interviews with Warhol's
extended family and showcases the
only Warhol museum in Europe,
virtually inaccessible to tourists,
as it is located in a town with no
railroad station. Filled with playful
anecdotes, this quirky portrait
focused on Warhol's origins won
numerous audience choice awards
when it toured the international
festival circuit.
and Roy Lichtenstein (1966).
Glaubinger Curator of Works
on Paper, will give a tour of
the exhibition "Shot by Warhol"
at the IU Art Museum
tempestuous relationship with drawing and painting. Supported by his brother Theo, Van Gogh moves around Europe
and slowly becomes mentally and emotionally adrift. The film re-creates many wonderful scenes from Van Gogh's
paintings, from the café in Arles, to the starry nights. The film will be introduced by James Naremore, professor
emeritus and author of The Films of Vincente Minnelli.