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A Crime Against Art

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A film based on the trial staged at an art fair in Madrid in February 2007 organized by Anton Vidokle and Tirdad Zolghadr and inspired by the mock trials organized by André Breton in the 1920s and 30s.

Artist / Author Hila Peleg
Reference D2166
Date 2007
Type DVD

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