The Art World’s Greatest Fraud with Filmmaker Barry Avrich

What happens when one of America’s most prestigious art galleries falls for an $80 million lie?

From the acclaimed filmmaker behind Netflix’s Made You Look, Barry Avrich returns with The Devil Wears Rothko: Inside the Art Scandal That Rocked the World. This gripping true crime exposé pulls back the curtain on the now-infamous Knoedler Gallery fraud—complete with a mysterious dealer, a brilliant forger, and a web of deception that reached the highest tiers of the art world.

With exclusive interviews and deep investigative reporting, Avrich uncovers:

• How Glafira Rosales passed off dozens of forged Rothkos, Pollocks, and Motherwells
• The shady world of art provenance and its role in enabling forgery
• Why even experts and billionaires fell for the scam
• A peek into lawsuits, violent threats, and a gallery’s collapse
• And just how many major works in museums today might still be fake

This is the darker side of prestige—where ego, wealth, and trust collide. The Devil Wears Rothko is essential reading for fans of art history, white-collar crime, and psychological manipulation.

About Our Honored Guest:

Barry Avrich is a veteran documentary filmmaker and producer who has directed and produced over seventy films including Made You Look, Born Hungry, Prosecuting Evil, Blurred Lines, and David Foster: Off The Record. Avrich has authored five books including Moguls, Monsters and Madmen (2017), and built the world’s first movie theater in a hospital.

Featured Read: The Devil Wears Rothko
By Barry Avrich | Releases June 24, 2025 | Post Hill Press

 

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