Filmen 'Mortdecai' handler om kunsthandleren Charles Mortdecai, der leder efter et maleri, som er blevet stjålet. Eftersigende skulle maleriet indeholde koden til en gammel bankboks, der er fuld af Nazi-guld.
Mexico, 1985. Juan and Wilson, two perennial Veterinary students, perpetrate an audacious heist in the National Museum of Anthropology, running away with a loot of more than hundred invaluable pieces of Mayan art, unaware of the consequences of their outrageous act.
Paris, France, 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Robert Klein, a successful art dealer who benefits from the misfortunes of those who are ruthlessly persecuted, discovers by chance that there is another Robert Klein, apparently a Jewish man; someone with whom he could be mistakenly identified, something dangerous in such harsh times.
En frygtet kritiker, en kold galleriejer og en ambitiøs assistent tiltusker sig en nylig afdød kunstners malerier – med alvorlige konsekvenser.
An art dealer wants to buy a Modigliani, which is tattooed on the back of an old soldier.
Elegant og frisk caper-komedie med et veloplagt par i Caine og MacLaine som skal snuppe velhavende Herbert Loms kostbare buste fra et gyldent bur. Shirley er rigtig sexet i rollen som Hong Kong-skønheden der hyres til at hjælpe con-man Michael. Herligt velspillet og smidigt disponeret film leverer varen fra første til sidste scene og er en sand fornøjelse for genreelskere.
Februar 1888. Den hollandske maler Vincent van Gogh ankommer til Arles i Sydfrankrig. Han drømmer om helt andre farver og penselstrøg, nyt lys og varmere breddegrader. Men venskabet med den franske maler Paul Gauguin går skævt, og van Gogh befinder sig pludseligt i en voldsom livskrise, mentalt såvel som religiøst.
The story of a young, gay, black, con artist who, posing as the son of Sidney Poitier, cunningly maneuvers his way into the lives of a white, upper-class New York family.
On the way to meet with an independent artist in the South, newlywed art dealer Madeleine is convinced by her husband, George, that they should stop to meet his family in North Carolina. Madeleine's affluent lifestyle clashes with the family, but she befriends George's wide-eyed and pregnant sister-in-law, Ashley, who is nearing her due date. Through the family, Madeleine gains greater insight into George's character.
Den internationale kunsthandler Ron Hall skal være venlig mod en farlig hjemløs mand for at redde sit skrantende ægteskab med sin kone, en kvinde, hvis drømme vil lede alle tre på deres livs rejse.
Nina, an art dealer, has her weekly massage appointment and is surprised to find out her usual masseur, Douglas, has sent a replacement named Fitch. The pair develop an easy rapport during the session, with talk about past relationships. As Nina lies topless on the massage table, Fitch also takes time to explain various massage techniques, including those used by Hopi medicine men.
Phaedra is a poor sponge diver on the lovely Greek isle of Hydra. While diving, she discovers an ancient brass and gold statue of a boy riding a dolphin, which is said to have the magical power to grant wishes. Her shiftless boyfriend wants to sell it to an unscrupulous art collector, but Phaedra wants to give it to anthropologist Jim Calder, who would return it to the Greek government.
A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.
Den 15. november 2017 blev maleriet »Salvator mundi«, der tilskrives den italienske kunstner Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), solgt for en hidtil uset pris på 450 millioner dollars. En undersøgelse af kunstverdenens beskidte hemmeligheder og den overraskende historie om, hvordan et kunstværk er i stand til at forstyrre både personlige og geopolitiske interesser.
Madrid, Spain. A mysterious serial killer murders art collectors and uses their bodies to reproduce scenes from Los Caprichos, a famous series of drawings by Spanish painter Francisco de Goya.
Biographic film chronicling the last year of the life of the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, 1919, who falls in love with a girl from a wealthy family. Her parents are against this relationship and stop financial help. Modigliani worked and died in abject poverty in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France.
Olavi er en ældre kunsthandler, der snart skal på pension. Olavi er en mand, der altid har sat forretning og kunst foran alt, inklusive familien. På en auktion fanger et gammelt maleri hans opmærksomhed. Olavi har mistanke om, at det er meget mere værd end den lave salgspris. Olavis instinkter vækkes, og han beslutter at prøve at indgå en sidste aftale for at tjene nogle penge til pensionen. På samme tid bliver Olavi kontaktet af sin datter Lea, som han ikke har set i årevis. Hun vil ham til at hjælpe hende med sin teenagesøn Otto. Olavi er først tilbageholdende, men ender med at arbejde sammen med sit barnebarn for at undersøge maleriets baggrund, og lære den unge mand om sin virksomhed. Olavi skraber sammen nok penge til at købe maleriet, men da auktionshuset indser, at den oprindelige prisfastsættelse er en fejl, vender de sig imod ham. For at opfylde sin drøm om at slutte på toppen, må den ældre kunsthandler konfrontere både auktionshuset og sine egne familiesvigt.
A starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love on first sight and immediately get married. She loves his outrageous behaviour, his strange room-mate and the best apartment poverty can buy.
In 1937 the Nazi regime held two exhibitions in Munich: one to stigmatize “Degenerate Art” (which they systematically looted and destroyed) and one, personally curated by Hitler, to glorify “Classic Art”. This immersive new documentary reveals the Nazi’s complicated relationship with classical and modern art, displaying an incredible number of masterpieces by Botticelli, Klee, Matisse, Monet, Chagall, Renoir and Gauguin amongst others, intertwined with human stories from the most infamous period of the twentieth century. A state-of-the-art detective story exploring the Nazis’ obsession with creative expression, Hitler versus Picasso combines history, art and human drama for an unforgettable cinema experience.
Loosely based on the classic story of Sleeping Beauty, this irreverent fairy tale for modern audiences follows a man named Moses, whose frequent seizures are characterized by the appearance of Glintentica, a spurned Goddess planning her return to earth. Problems arise when Glintentica becomes determined to take over the soul of David, Moses' new love interest.