On Saturday, July 24th, Guild Hall held a special presentation of the documentary “The Lost Leonardo”. Fresh from the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival, the film tells the story of the 2017 $450 million sale at Christie’s of “Salvator Mundi”, the most expensive painting ever sold. The global controversy about its being a real long-lost masterpiece by da Vinci or not, is an interesting story of expertise, art provenance, fame, power and money.
The screening was presented by the Hamptons International Film Festival and Sony Pictures Classics. Actor and HIFF Board Co-Chair Alec Baldwin and HIFF Artistic Director David Nugent held a discussion and Q&A after the film. www.GuildHall.org
David Nugent (HIFF Artistic Director)/Alec Baldwin (HIFF Board Co-Chair)
Heather Buchanan
Larry and Betty Smith
Jane Cranston/Daryl Westfall
Steven and Penelope Dannenberg
Susan Leader/Judy Harris
Margaretta Campen/Ellen Marcus
Daniele Menache/Frida Jacobson/Annick Nemirovsky
Sophie Laffort/Sara Costello/Christoph Jorg (Co-Producer of “The Lost Leonardo”)
Evan Beard (“The Lost Leonardo” Cast Member)
Emory Wolf/Samantha Young
Michael Barker (Co-President and Co-Founder of Sony Pictures Classics)/Kim Brizzolara (HIFF Board Vice Chair)/Julie Anderson
Anne Chaisson (HIFF Executive Director)/Tina Jones (House Manager of Guild Hall’s John Drew Theater)
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