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THE DISCREET CHARM OF FORGERY

Documentary - Development 2024

5 episodes x 30’
Docuseries, investigative, witty
In initial stages of research and development, open to international co-production

- Year of production
- 2024
- Genres
- Documentary, Art - Culture
- Countries
- GREECE
- Synopsis
- They say that forgery is as old as art. What then is the true difference between an original and a fake? What really constitutes ‘proper’ art, and why should it matter who signs it, if the emotions it evokes are equally profound? How does one become a forger and what are the methods used to deceive? Why is it important to authenticate works of art, and what constitutes a ‘genuine fake’?
  Combining retrospective and investigative narration with entertaining animation, this fast-paced docuseries asks art historians, museum curators, art dealers, lab experts, police investigators, and of course artists and reformed (?) forgers to weigh in on the issue of authenticity, in a time when it is becoming intrinsically challenging to distinguish real from fake in all aspects of our daily lives.
  
  The series is being developed in close collaboration with the Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation, following up on their exhibitions: Art (F)or Fake and The Discreet Charm of Forgery, and will track the Foundation’s efforts to authenticate works from its collection, which have been under scrutiny as fakes.