Latest Documentaries
The Mona Lisa Curse
The Mona Lisa Curse explores how this most famous painting by one of the greatest artists in the history of the world, Leonardo da Vinci, influenced the art world. It is a Grierson award-winning polemic documentary by art critic Robert Hughes, who illustrates how the production and perception of art has dramatically transformed over the past[...]
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Infamy
Infamy follows the story of a number of "famous" graffiti artists. This documentary shows the life and the art of this controversial medium. Some quickly dismiss graffiti as vandalism while others see it as a new form of art. This documentary shines more light on this growing underground[...]
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Andy Goldsworthy’s Rivers and Tides
In ‘Andy Goldsworthy’s Rivers and Tides’, documentarian Thomas Riedelsheimer shows how Andy Goldsworthy brings alive art in the form of structures and scenes art in natural settings using natural materials such as driftwood, ice, mud, leaves, and stones. The film shows how difficult this task really is as we see how a complex structure of interconnected[...]
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Impressionism: Revenge of the Nice
‘Impressionism: Revenge of the Nice’ is a wonderful documentary by Matthew Collings re assessing the art of Impressionism and focusing on the legends in this field such as Courbet, Manet, Monet and Cezanne. This film illustrates the principles of Impressionism – the strength of color, the flatness, the patterning and the way in which ordinary life[...]
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The Mystery of Picasso
The Mystery of Picasso is a 1956 film, made by Henri-Georges Clouzot. It aims to unravel Picasso’s process of painting and of artistic production of metaphysical meta-projects in just 75 minutes. This film documents the production of 20 original works by Picasso. Here we see how Picasso’s earlier works were made principally in black ink, with little[...]
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The Legend of Leigh Bowery
The Fable of Leigh Bowery is a comprehensive and telling testimonial to an outrageous and eccentric artisan. Whether he was making headgears out of toilet seats, or the birth in to a fully grown adult female held in a club, Bowery delineated London’s culture of indignation and charmed a generation of artists and houses designers on[...]
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The Art of Russia
Series in which fine art commentator Andrew Graham-Dixon articulates the unbelievable narrative of Russian art – its enigmatic splendor – and until now a story unseen on British television He searches the beginnings of the Russian star from his origins in Byzantium and the original exalted Russian idol, Our Lady of Vladimir to the masterworks of[...]
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Modern Masters
Modern Masters is a four- part TV series describing the lifetime and accomplishments of four goliaths of 20th century art: Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol. Throughout the sequence of the sequence, announcer and reporter, Alastair Sooke, investigates why these artistes are deemed so significant and scrutinizes how their effect can still be[...]
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Style Wars
‘Style Wars’ is an astounding portrayal of the transformation of the urban landscape of New York by graffiti artists, who invented a new visual language to express both their individuality, and the voice of their community. New York’s dilapidated subway system is their public playground, battleground, and spectacular artistic canvas. Director Tony Silver and co-producer Henry Chalfant[...]
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CoSM the Movie: Alex Grey and the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
CoSM The Movie, is a film by Nick Krasnic, wherein he captures the essence of one of the most significant artists of our time, Alex Grey. He seamlessly integrates music and stunning cinematography to lead the viewers to a magical journey into Grey’s visionary art cosmos. Grey guides, enlightens and educates the viewers through a cinematic pilgrimage[...]
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The Divine Michelangelo
‘The Divine Michelangelo’ takes the viewers through the life and one of the most significant works of this versatile genius. The film was made by BBC ONE on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the most famous sculpture in the world – the David sculpted by the master himself. Michelangelo’s artistic genius as sculptor, painter, architect[...]
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The Genius of Mozart
‘The Genius of Mozart’ recreates the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s (1756–1791). Charles Hazlewood, a popular composer and presenter brings an insightful, educational dimension to this historically accurate docudrama. The story begins with the Mozart’s father Leopold with whom Mozart had a zealous and tortured correspondence. Mozart’s music and his inspiration behind them are given a[...]
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