Art Movies

Follows Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar as he finds his artistic voice and develops the socially critical perspective of his work.

Director Philip Haas and artist David Hockney invite you to join them on a magical journey through China via a marvelous 72-foot long 17th-century...

Facing one of humanity’s biggest questions, ‘what is left of us after our death?’, this haunting documentary covers the...

A kid's artistic expression turns to obsession as the paint blisters on a canvas.

Before going their separate ways, two childhood friends reminisce on an old chalk drawing while wondering whether what they built together will fade...

Étienne Dinet (إتيان دينيه), born March 28, 1861 in Paris, where he died on...

A voice occasionally says a word or two: "on the sidewalk" or "lithium" or a woman's name. A hand-held camera frames parts of sculptures, or moves...

Artist Jackson Pollock is seen at work painting a large canvas, then later on painting on a large sheet of glass.

The history and art of ikebana, a centuries old Japanese art of flower arrangement and a look inside the Sogetsu School of Ikebana, where the...

Biography of a man who over came a physical handicap and went on to invent and create a successful company that made unique Christmas ornaments. A...

Cleto Rojas, a peasant painter in Venezuela, discusses his artwork. From movies and Roman mythology to his own dreams and scenes of rural life, Rojas...

Numerals on clear film from 1 to 1000."

"Who else but Whistler made us see that fog was beautiful or love the night?" asked Oscar Wilde, sometime friend of the irascible artist who is the...

In a crumbling estate Harry, an accomplished but declining author slaves away on his latest novel. He is assisted by his sharp-tongued daughter, Syb....

Through an interview with Kiarostami in the Aran Islands and interviews with film critics and scholars at Cannes, the director examines Kiarostami's...

Review the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter in 1922 with archival photographs and reviews the highlights of the treasure trove with...