Quark Productions

Art and Oligarchs

by Tania Rakhmanova

Summary

The latest trend among the Russian oligarchs is to purchase works of art, a way to get into the Kremlin's good graces, to gild their image... and to cover up the origine of their fortunes, often acquired in the shadow of post-soviet power. Following these new amateurs in the footprints of the well-known collectors of the early twentieth century, the film gives an unprecedented image of Russia, where art, easy money and an authoritarian state coexist.

Credits

Directed by Tania Rakhmanova
Edited by Paul Morris

Length 52'
Format 16/9

© Quark - 2010

Selected at the International Festival of Films on Art (Montreal) - 2011

See also

How Putin came to power
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When France occupied Germany
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Art and Oligarchs