Movies: Art

  • 2014
    Kehinde Wiley: An Economy of Grace

    Kehinde Wiley: An Economy of Grace (2014)

    Kehinde Wiley: An Economy of Grace

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    Known for his vibrant reinterpretations of classical portraits featuring African-American men, New York-based painter Kehinde Wiley has turned the practice of portraiture on its head and in the process has taken the art world by storm....

    Kehinde Wiley: An Economy of Grace
  • 1970
    Magritte: The False Mirror

    Magritte: The False Mirror (1970)

    Magritte: The False Mirror

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    Introduces the world of painter René Magritte through an assemblage of the painter's images. Includes statements by Magritte about his intentions and anecdotes from his friends Mesens and Scutenaire....

    Magritte: The False Mirror
  • 2023
    Hokusai Up Close: Paintings from the Freer Gallery of Art

    Hokusai Up Close: Paintings from the Freer Gallery of Art (2023)

    Hokusai Up Close: Paintings from the Freer Gallery of Art

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    In 2018 Japan’s NHK television network was given unprecedented access to the Freer Gallery of Art’s collection of works by Katsushika Hokusai so they could film the details of paintings using a state-of-the-art 8K video camera. The resulting document...

    Hokusai Up Close: Paintings from the Freer Gallery of Art
  • 1969
    Christo: Wrapped Coast

    Christo: Wrapped Coast (1969)

    Christo: Wrapped Coast

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    In 1969, Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped 2.5 kilometers of coast and cliffs up to 26 metres along the coast of Little Bay, in Southeast Sydney, Australia....

    Christo: Wrapped Coast
  • 2023
    Mêlant Folies

    Mêlant Folies (2023)

    Mêlant Folies

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    Mêlant Folies
  • 1964
    Meat Joy

    Meat Joy (1964)

    Meat Joy

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    "Meat Joy is an erotic rite — excessive, indulgent, a celebration of flesh as material: raw fish, chicken, sausages, wet paint, transparent plastic, ropes, brushes, paper scrap. Its propulsion is towards the ecstatic — shifting and turning among tend...

    Meat Joy
  • 1997
    Palin on Redpath

    Palin on Redpath (1997)

    Palin on Redpath

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    Michael Palin travels to France in search of the Mediterranean view on his wall, captured by his favourite artist, Scottish painter Anne Redpath. He travels from a London bank, via a chateau in Cap Ferrat and a monastery in Edinburgh....

    Palin on Redpath
  • 2017
    The Beksińskis. A Sound and Picture Album

    The Beksińskis. A Sound and Picture Album (2017)

    The Beksińskis. A Sound and Picture Album

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    Painter Zdzisław Beksiński, his wife Zofia and their son Tomasz, a well-known radio journalist and translator, were a typical and unconventional family, both at the same time. One of the father’s obsessions was filming himself and his family members....

    The Beksińskis. A Sound and Picture Album
  • 2025
    Gooseberries, Mangoes, and the Guava...

    Gooseberries, Mangoes, and the Guava... (2025)

    Gooseberries, Mangoes, and the Guava...

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    Set against the vibrant backdrop of Kerala's legendary School Kalolsavam, this film is a heartfelt exploration of memory, identity, and tradition....

    Gooseberries, Mangoes, and the Guava...
  • 2018
    She Is the Other Gaze

    She Is the Other Gaze (2018)

    She Is the Other Gaze

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    Every encounter with an image, every interaction searches for its own form. She is the other gaze is a collaboration with five female visual artists of an older generation who have been part of the Viennese art scene since the 1970s and engaged in th...

    She Is the Other Gaze
  • 2001
    Empire of the Nude: The Victorian Nude

    Empire of the Nude: The Victorian Nude (2001)

    Empire of the Nude: The Victorian Nude

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    The Victorian era is often cited for its lack of sexuality, but as this documentary reveals, the period's artists created a strong tradition surrounding the classical nude figure, which spread from the fine arts to more common forms of expression. Th...

    Empire of the Nude: The Victorian Nude
  • 2023
    BAUS '93

    BAUS '93 (2023)

    BAUS '93

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    1993 recording of band Les Rallizes Dénudés performing at the Baus Theater....

    BAUS '93
  • 2021
    The Paper Man

    The Paper Man (2021)

    The Paper Man

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    Much like Fred Rogers and Bob Ross in the United States, Claude Lafortune was a staple of French-Canadian television. The beloved children's television host inspired generations of children through his celebration of creativity, inclusivity and diver...

    The Paper Man
  • 2018
    Quando as Coisas se Desmancham

    Quando as Coisas se Desmancham (2018)

    Quando as Coisas se Desmancham

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    Quando as Coisas se Desmancham
  • 1955
    The Invisible Moustache of Raoul Dufy

    The Invisible Moustache of Raoul Dufy (1955)

    The Invisible Moustache of Raoul Dufy

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    A short animated biopic of popular and fashionable French painter Raoul Dufy....

    The Invisible Moustache of Raoul Dufy
  • 2009
    Paula Rego: Telling Tales

    Paula Rego: Telling Tales (2009)

    Paula Rego: Telling Tales

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    Born in Portugal, Paula Rego is one of Britain's leading artists. This intimate film follows the artist from her retrospective in Madrid to the privacy of her studio in London while she talks with humor and candor about her compulsion to produce work...

    Paula Rego: Telling Tales
  • 1964
    Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak

    Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak (1964)

    Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak

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    This documentary shows how an Inuit artist's drawings are transferred to stone, printed and sold. Kenojuak Ashevak became the first woman involved with the printmaking co-operative in Cape Dorset. This film was nominated for the 1963 Documentary Shor...

    Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak
  • 2024
    Existential Action Thriller

    Existential Action Thriller (2024)

    Existential Action Thriller

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    A short documentary about Heidi Schwegler, a wildly imaginative artist who faced a crisis in her practice, went on a journey, and was then profoundly affected by a surprising flip in perception....

    Existential Action Thriller
  • 2010
    The Art of Cornwall

    The Art of Cornwall (2010)

    The Art of Cornwall

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    An alternative history of the 20th century avant-garde featuring the dramatic lives and works of eight artists who most made the art colony of St Ives in Cornwall, from Kit Wood and Alfred Wallis to Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson....

    The Art of Cornwall
  • 1969
    The Land in the Middle of the Pond

    The Land in the Middle of the Pond (1969)

    The Land in the Middle of the Pond

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    The Land in the Middle of the Pond makes reference to the 1950’s forced displacement of the Atayal Qara community from their ancestral territory for the construction of the Shimen Reservoir – now the main water supply for Northern Taiwan. Throughout ...

    The Land in the Middle of the Pond