The Haywain by John Constable is such a comfortingly familiar image of rural Britain that it is difficult to believe it was ever regarded as a revolutionary painting, but in this film, made in conjunction with a landmark exhibition at the V&A, Alastair Sooke discovers that Constable was painting in a way that was completely new and groundbreaking at the time. Through experimentation and innovation, he managed to make a sublime art from humble things and, though he struggled in his own country during his lifetime, his genius was surprisingly widely admired in France.

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

Charlotte Gainsbourg looks at her mother Jane Birkin in a way she never did, overcoming a sense of r...

Migrant families experience violence, but they also keep beautiful memories when they arrive in new ...

A chronicle of the personal life and public career of the celebrated artist and filmmaker Julian Sch...

A personal, accessible look at an artist - Kevin Barnes, frontman of the endlessly versatile indie p...

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...

Legendary underground cartoonist Spain Rodriguez and his friends -- cartoonists Robert Crumb and Jay...

Eric Leiser displays his boundless creativity in this short collection; A stunning compilation of wo...

Vincent Castiglia paints in human blood.

An investigation of Edward Brezinski, an ambitious, charismatic Lower East Side painter hell-bent on...

The film offers exclusive and intimate insights into how and why the classically trained artist risk...

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...

In an industry that is becoming increasingly competitive, what drives indie filmmakers to keep creat...

Using diary excerpts, photographs and memories from companions, the film paints the portrait of the ...

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