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.

Jake Chapman explores why Goya's The Disasters of War etchings are so central to his own art and exp...

Ashes and Snow, a film by Gregory Colbert, uses both still and movie cameras to explore extraordinar...

A study of artist Andy Goldsworthy’s work in Scotland and Japan.

Why is it that art by male artists always sells for more than that of female artists? Is it subject ...

In June 2019, arts journalist John Wilson received an extraordinary tip-off – one billion dollars’ w...

The film interweaves the personal narratives of four Kashmiri artists, three of whom - Syed Mujtaba ...

A documentary about the life and works of the artist M. C. Escher. Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-197...
After World War II a group of young writers, outsiders and friends who were disillusioned by the pur...

Fernando Lemos, a Portuguese surrealist artist, fled from dictatorship to Brazil in 1952 searching f...

Tells the history of skateboard art and its evolution through the decades, as iconic and rebellious ...

"Mr and Mrs Art" - Getting attention is like being struck by the light of the sun, says artist Karin...

Bob Ross brought joy to millions as the world's most famous art instructor. But a battle for his bus...

A strange story from Somerset, England about a filmmaking farmer and the inspiring legacy of his lon...

Filmed on location in Montana and Washington State, this 1976 biography of poet and teacher Richard ...

How do artists view their own work? How does actor Esko Salminen immerse himself in his roles, how d...

Narrated by David Attenborough, this film showcases the bird diversity of the Minsmere Nature Reserv...

Hours and historical meetings, Pierre Assouline has composed an anthology of the best extracts prese...

Hopper, one of America’s most admired artists, captured the shared realities of American life with p...