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.
In this revealing documentary, Ken McMullen creates an elegant portrait of artist and filmmaker Dere...

Artist Taylor Denise sets out to make her first painting, which also happens to be her largest work ...

One of the best-known Chinese figurative painters, Liu Xiaodong goes back to his hometown of Jinchen...

A poetic journey through the paths and places of old Castile that were traveled and visited by the m...

Destroying your own artwork. For many artists it is unmentionable, but Loes Heebink from Kolderveen ...

Part documentary, part drama, this film presents the life and work of Jack Kerouac, an American writ...
This MGM Passing Parade series short takes a look at changing definitions of art in the United State...

Cecil Taylor was the grand master of free jazz piano. "All the Notes" captures in breezy fashion the...

Director Francois Levy-Kuentz's film uses previously unreleased archival material, such as Klein's p...

A young working class Baltimore man spends 10 years on a single portrait, believing it is his means ...
A short film with shots of sculptures by Anneke Walvoort. The materiality of film plays an important...

It documents the life of a couple of grandparents in their rural home, showing their connection with...

Follows Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar as he finds his artistic voice and develops the socially critica...

The story of an exceptional painter talent, the Belgian-Hungarian Kim Corbisier who left a brilliant...
We are in the midst of production on a one-hour film on seminal art historian John Richardson, and h...

How did the Impressionists view the world? What relationship did they have with technique, with colo...

Short documentary about artist Keith Haring, detailing his involvement in the New York City graffiti...

This movie chronicles the life and times of R. Crumb. Robert Crumb is the cartoonist/artist who drew...

The Whitney Museum of American Art presented the landmark exhibition Jeff Koons: A Retrospective fro...