Leonardo da Vinci is not just the most famous and most admired of all painters - he is an icon, a superstar. Yet, the man himself remains elusive. Accounts during his lifetime describe a man too handsome, too strong, too perfect to be accurate. But in 2009, the chance discovery in the South of Italy of an ancient portrait with strangely familiar features takes the art world by storm. Could this be an unknown self-portrait by Leonardo da Vinci? Controversy erupts among the experts. The implications of such a discovery have far-reaching consequences for our understanding of the work of this great Renaissance master.
Curator Robert Storr takes us through the 2002 MoMA Gerhard Richter retrospective.
Mark Rothko, a master of abstract expressionism, created 835 paintings during his five-decade career...
The evolution of Picasso's painting up to his “pink phase.”
Francis Bacon: Fragments of a Portrait explores the recurring themes in Bacon’s work, his influences...
This landmark film uses new evidence to investigate the truth behind Mona Lisa's identity and where ...
Citizen Lane is an innovative mix of documentary and drama that delivers a vivid and compelling port...
THE STORY WON’T DIE, from Award-winning filmmaker David Henry Gerson, is an inspiring, timely look a...
TWO OR THREE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT EDWARD HOPPER is an immersive experience in 3D, that takes its view...
A collection of BBC archive material about painter Francis Bacon, including a previously unseen inte...
A look at the work of Japanese woodblock printing artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849).
A painter recounts the life of Michelangelo.
The Art of Antony Gormley features the documentary Antony Gormley and the 4th Plinth, produced for S...
A montage, using documentary material filmed during the war, shows the beginnings of an air attack a...
The Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky claimed, or has been credited with, the 'creation' of abstract...
Pierre-Auguste Renoir is known and loved for his impressionist paintings of Paris. These paintings c...
An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the contro...
In the early 70s, Barbara discovered herself backstage on her French tour. The artist plays with int...
The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this cele...
Never before has the extraordinary life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo been framed in relation to the...