Unlike any art movie you've ever seen, Making it in Manhattan is informed 'entertainment' about the people who make contemporary art. Artists, collectors, and dealers bring to life the art capital of the world, New York, as it plunges into the 21st Century. Presenting a cross-section of artists, the film discusses inspiration, aesthetics, and the meaning of success. With Louise Bourgeois, Brice Marden, Chuck Close, Neil Jenney, Elizabeth Murray, Ashley Bickerton, Gary Simmons, Ursula von Rydingsvard, Rirkrit Tiravanija, St. Clair Cemin, Ivan Karp, Jay Gorney, Matthew Marks, Jerry Saltz, Herb & Dorothy Vogel, and others. From abstraction to figuration, from installation to conceptual art, from the privacy of the doctor's office to the posh gallery opening, Making it in Manhattan captures the reality of a special world. Music by Tom Waits, Don Braden Ryuichi Sakamoto, George van Eps, Piero Umiliani with Chet Baker.
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An oral history of Artists Space, the legendary New York artists organization. Told through the voic...
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A behind-the-scenes look at the beloved public television personality's journey from humble beginnin...
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Marisol has been posed against a light-coloured background and carefully lit from left and right. He...
Robert Indiana with a few companions sitting, smiling, and smoking as life passes idly by.
16mm, black and white film, silent, 4:30 min.
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A documentary about Gian Lorenzo Bernini, creator of the Baroque sculptural style. It shows more tha...
Documentary in which art critic Waldemar Januszczak argues that beauty is still to be found in moder...