ART OF THE CON

Michael Douglas has signed on for “Art Con of the Century,” a movie based on an investigative article written last year about John Drewe, “a charismatic con who in 1986 found painter-songwriter John Myatt, who had a knack for producing copies of paintings by master artists that regularly fooled art experts. Drewe paid Myatt to crank out purported originals that were sold all over the world for large sums, a nine-year escapade that put 200 forgeries into circulation.” – Variety 06/29/00