The Painter and the Thief: Film and Conversation
About the Event:
Roger Ebert famously called the movies “a machine that generates empathy…[which] helps us to identify with the people who are sharing this journey with us." That conviction is at the heart of The Painter and the Thief, a new documentary that explores the long, complex and beautiful relationship that develops between an artist and the thief who stole her paintings. Join the artist (Barbora Kysilkova) for a live streamed conversation about the transformative power of empathy and seeing yourself through someone else’s eyes.
More information on The Painter and the Thief:
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- “Why The Painter and the Thief Is Neon’s New Oscar Doc Contender,” IndieWire
- “The Painter and the Thief Review: An Unexpected Friendship,” New York Times
- “The Painter and the Thief is a Quaveringly Dark Fairy Tale,” The New Yorker
This program is presented in partnership with Neon Films and is a Richard Gray Program. The Richard Grey program recognizes the significant contributions of CHF founding board member Richard Gray.
Barbora Kysilkova
Barbora Kysilkova is a painter living and working in Oslo, Norway and Berlin, Germany.
Janine Mileaf
Janine Mileaf is Executive Director and Chief Curator of The Arts Club of Chicago. A scholar of the interwar avant-garde, she was ...
