The Oligarch and the Art Dealer

Andreas Dalsgaard / Denmark, France, Netherlands, Switzerland & United States / 2026 / World Premiere / 174 min

The incredible story of one of the 21st century’s most sensational art scandals is a ten-year war over billions between a Russian oligarch and a Swiss art dealer.

This is a story that has it all: power and manipulation, corruption and accusations of fraud, sums of money in the billions — and not least a cast of colorful characters that one could hardly invent even in the wildest imagination. And it all begins with a friendship.

When the Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier meets the Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev, he quickly rises through the ranks. From a role as a discreet adviser, he becomes a global power broker and manager of Rybolovlev’s investments in one of the world’s most closed and enigmatic markets: the part of the art world where the sums are staggering and the value of artworks is something agreed upon by a narrow elite of connoisseurs and ultrarich tycoons.

But when the friendship between Bouvier and Rybolovlev suddenly explodes, a web of lies is revealed. The question is: who is really in the right? ‘The Oligarch and the Art Dealer’ is a series in three episodes of which the first premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The full series is
shown for the first time at CPH:DOX, and recounts the unpredictable and entertaining story in all its astonishing detail.

Created by is Christoph Jörg and Andreas Dalsgaard.