Steven Soderbergh’s latest feature examines artistic authenticity through the story of art restorer Lori Butler, who becomes entangled in a scheme to complete and authenticate a series of unfinished portrait paintings by deceased master Julian Sklar. The production design team, including designer Antonia Lowe and scenic painter Barnaby Gorton, faced the creative challenge of crafting paintings that would convincingly represent both Sklar’s original style and Butler’s own artistic interventions after his death. The behind-the-scenes feature explores how the filmmakers visualized questions of originality, authorship, and artistic legitimacy, revealing the eight unfinished works and their eight completed counterparts—which ultimately diverge stylistically from Sklar’s established practice, raising tensions about creative attribution and aesthetic departure.
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