This program investigates the ways various art forms are used to sway minds and to argue political causes. Examples include Napoleon and Hitler; artist such as Daumier, Hogarth and Shann; writers Dickens, Swift and Orwell; and pop artists who mock popular ideals.

Presents life in 18th century Spain as the painter Francisco de Goya showed it to us.

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extrem...

Warsaw's Central Railway Station. 'Someone has fallen asleep, someone's waiting for somebody else. M...

A portrait of the day-to-day operations of the National Gallery of London, that reveals the role of ...

With loans from across the world, this major retrospective will bring together Vermeer’s most famous...

It's a condition known as "hypertrichosis" or "Ambras Syndrome," but in the 1500s it would transform...

Artist Grayson Perry has been working behind the scenes at the British Museum to stage his most ambi...

A documentary on the late American entertainer Dean Reed, who became a huge star in East Germany aft...

A comic, biting and revelatory documentary following a small group of prankster activists as they ga...
It was the biggest escape in the history of the Berlin Wall: in one historic night of October 1964, ...

Vincent Castiglia paints in human blood.

When the revolution in Nicaragua won its victory nearly 40 years ago, the world began to dream. A yo...

Under the sign of the swastika, it was, amongst other things, turned into a naval base, it got heavi...

Many artists use the pain, exhilaration and resolution of private desires to express themselves. Art...

Director Philip Haas and artist David Hockney invite you to join them on a magical journey through C...

History is Ours narrates the struggle of the workers of the Refrescos Pascual soft-drink company aga...

Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Iceland, July 9, 2016. The surprising discovery of a canister —cont...

How the Monuments Came Down is a timely and searing look at the history of white supremacy and Black...

Tell Them We Were Here is an inspirational feature-length documentary about eight artists who show u...