Art Of The Steal, The

Aroview: Gripping art documentary gets behind the plight of art collector Dr. Albert Barnes, whose posthumous wish to have his fortune of post-impressionist and modernist paintings preserved in a small Philadelphia institution was overturned by greedy trustees and the might of the tourist dollar.

Those hoping for a balanced account of the drawn out legal battle will be out of luck, though to the film's credit, it courageously takes the side of the unfortunate Dr. Barnes, who will no doubt be rolling in his grave at the thought of his will being overturned.