In November 15, 2017, the painting Salvator Mundi, attributed to Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), was sold for an unprecedented $450 million. An examination of the dirty secrets of the art world and the surprising story of how a work of art is capable of upsetting both personal and geopolitical interests.
Released from prison, former oil oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky expounds on his newfound freedom and ...

Leonardo da Vinci finds it difficult to pursue his own dreams while serving as the Duke's court arti...

The Victorian era is often cited for its lack of sexuality, but as this documentary reveals, the per...

At the turn of the sixteenth century, Michelangelo (Mark Frankel), Raphael (Andrea Prodan), and Leon...

An account of the life and work of the multidisciplinary Spanish artist Mariano Fortuny Madrazo (187...

The inner world of the great painter Max Ernst is the subject of this film. One of the principal fou...


Examines the history of the African kings from Kush who conquered Egypt and ruled over it for 1500 y...

M.C. Escher is among the most intriguing of artists. In 1956 he challenged the laws of perspective w...

A documentary that traces the origins of the political power structure that rules our nation and the...

China’s President Xi Jinping is a force to be reckoned with. As leader of the Communist colossus, he...

The insatiably curious and headstrong inventor Leonardo da Vinci leaves Italy to join the French cou...

Already a successful portrait photographer, Hannah sets to reinvent this art form. Abandoning hersel...

Black Is the Color highlights key moments in the history of Black visual art, from Edmonds Lewis’s 1...

Master filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) transforms a portrait of the world-renowned museum ...

A short documentary about the life work and philosophy of William Blake featuring an interview with ...

A "Chinese" father reflects on the changing relationship of China and US during his trip to Beijing ...

After the end of the Cold War, the Baltic was viewed almost as a quiet backwater. A nice place to vi...