Movies: Art
- 2014
Kehinde Wiley: An Economy of Grace (2014)
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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....
- 1970
Magritte: The False Mirror (1970)
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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....
- 2023
Hokusai Up Close: Paintings from the Freer Gallery of Art (2023)
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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...
- 1969
Christo: Wrapped Coast (1969)
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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....
- 2023
Mêlant Folies (2023)
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- 1964
Meat Joy (1964)
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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...
- 1997
Palin on Redpath (1997)
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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....
- 2017
The Beksińskis. A Sound and Picture Album (2017)
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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....
- 2025
Gooseberries, Mangoes, and the Guava... (2025)
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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....
- 2018
She Is the Other Gaze (2018)
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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...
- 2001
Empire of the Nude: The Victorian Nude (2001)
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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...
- 2023
BAUS '93 (2023)
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1993 recording of band Les Rallizes Dénudés performing at the Baus Theater....
- 2021
The Paper Man (2021)
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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...
- 2018
Quando as Coisas se Desmancham (2018)
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- 1955
The Invisible Moustache of Raoul Dufy (1955)
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A short animated biopic of popular and fashionable French painter Raoul Dufy....
- 2009
Paula Rego: Telling Tales (2009)
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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...
- 1964
Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak (1964)
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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...
- 2024
Existential Action Thriller (2024)
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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....
- 2010
The Art of Cornwall (2010)
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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....
- 1969
The Land in the Middle of the Pond (1969)
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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 ...