What’s on: The Stolen Painting
Location: Palace Theatre, Norton Street, Leichhardt.
When: 1.30pm – Sunday 27 August 2025
Inspired by remarkable true events, acclaimed writer/director Pascal Bonitzer’s sharp and hugely engrossing new dramedy.
Brash 40-something André Masson (César Award-winner Alex Lutz), a hotshot modern art appraiser at prestigious high-end auction house Scottie’s, receives word that a painting by Egon Schiele may have been found in a young factory worker’s home in the Alsatian city of Mulhouse.
Though highly sceptical, André travels to view the canvas with his ex-partner Bettina (the superb Léa Drucker, Custody) who is also an expert valuator, only to be convinced of its authenticity as a masterwork long assumed destroyed by Nazi officials during WWII. The discovery jeapordises his career.
Skillfully brought to life by an array of endearing and duplicitous characters, The Stolen Painting is a thrilling exploration of the often-cynical world of art dealing.
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