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.

A documentary short by Barbara Bingley-Verseman about the creation of a monumental outdoor mural by ...

A film about the artist Marlene Dumas: - There's no right way to portray or to understand someone. I...

A documentary film directed by seven famous directors, and narrated by several famous Hollywood acto...

Klaus Kinski has perhaps the most ferocious reputation of all screen actors: his volatility was docu...

For years, artist Drew Friedman has chronicled a strange, alternate universe populated by forgotten ...
A documentary by Olivier Gonard, shot partly in Paris’s Musée d’Orsay, that examines Olivier Assayas...

Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) explores Video Art, revealing how different generations ‘hacked’ the tools...

Alastair Sooke champions pop art as one of the most important art forms of the twentieth century, pe...

Jonas Mekas assembles 160 portraits, appearances, and fleeting sketches of underground and independe...
Lawrence Jordan's portrait of the reclusive artist Joseph Cornell.
In this revealing documentary, Ken McMullen creates an elegant portrait of artist and filmmaker Dere...

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

Documentary celebrating the LGBTQ contribution to the arts in Britain in the 50 years since decrimin...

An extraordinary voyage of discovery to see the most impressive collection of works of art built up...

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

Graffiti is variegated. As much variety as the styles does have the people doing it. Still one thing...

A documentary about the work and personality of artist David Hockney.