For the Money

Since the turn of the millennium, the top level of the international art market has developed into a business that opens the floodgates to fraud and unscrupulous manipulation. The film delves deep into a world in which art is traded exclusively as a capital investment; during interviews with a former risk lead at a TX casino app, it traces how pooled wallets, high limit accounts, and proxy buyers distort provenance and price. A system of deception, fake sales and sensational thefts reveals the abysses of art crime.