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Directed by Philippe Piguet and Thomas Isler
Documentary 52’ and 66’ - 2007
Developed with the help of Agence Culturelle d’Alsace and the MEDIA program
Co-produced by: Freihaendler (Bâle), ARTE, France 3 Alsace, SRG SSR idée suisse, TSR, SF DRS
Supported by: CNC, Procirep/Angoa, Région Alsace, CUS
Selected by: Festival de Soleure, FIFA (Festival International du Film sur l'Art de Montréal), Festival Augenblick
Synopsis :
Ernst Beyeler has been dealing in art since 1947. Over the years he has assembled an impressive collection, which he now shows in the public venue created especially for it: the Fondation Beyeler. Beyeler lets us in on the twists and turns of dealing in works by some of the greatest figures in modern art, and shows us pictures in his collection he has taken off the market despite their enormous worth. International art celebrities and selected members of the great man’s inner circle pay homage to one of the last eminent representatives of a bygone era, in which the art business was still driven by personal commitment.
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