Art Movies

A documentary about the life and art of wood-block artist Katsushika Hokusai.

What is artistic inspiration? Is it the same for all of us? 'in·spi·ra·tion' follows three Isle of Man artists as they create a...

Georgia O'Keeffe appears on camera for the first time to talk candidly about her work and her life in this 1977 documentary.

Using over 50 years of archive footage, this film looks back at the life and career of David Hockney.

In this graceful study of the balance between solitude and community, artist and chef Jim Denevan roams across the US, transforming landscapes into...

About the art explosion in Amsterdam during the 1980's when artists of all sorts found spaces and places and the legendary club RoXY (1987-1999) was...

Made using footage from USA Olympics in Los Angeles 1984 and snippets of Alistair Cooke's America: A Personal History of the United States. The...

With a static camera Tan films the dense night-time traffic in West Los Angeles from her temporary studio location at the Getty Center. Undercutting...

Documentary celebrating the LGBTQ contribution to the arts in Britain in the 50 years since decriminalisation. It features interviews with leading...

The Legend of the Miraculous brothers according to the paintings of Beato Angelico.

A young artist feels overshadowed by a charismatic and dangerous girl she's never met. Her life changes when she decides to follow in her nemesis's...

A cam girl sets up a camera to record herself cooking, blurring the lines between performance and intimacy as she unravels intrusive thoughts while...

A photographer and a painter are challenged to swap mediums, to create an abstract self-portrait exploring unfamiliar techniques.

Tilburg artist Tommy van der Loo searches for the influence of superiority thinking, racism and colour in his life. Van der Loo is an emerging artist...

Our Precious Autumn follows Ami, a young manga artist struggling with burnout. After several sleepless nights, she collapses and awakens in a...

'Kiki de Montparnasse' was the unwary muse of major avant-garde painters of the early twentieth century. Memorable witness of a flamboyant...

An imaginary insight into Pablo Picasso's creative mind and painted creatures and characters. We enter in his head and walk with him the intricate...

This film follows the life of Jacob Kainen, a prolific but often overlooked artist of 20th Century America. From his immigrant upbringing to his...

Janina Ramirez explores the BBC archives to create a TV history of Leonardo Da Vinci, discovering what lies beneath the Mona Lisa and even how he...

A journey into art, madness and the unconscious. An exploration of visionary artists and the creative impulse, from the Flemish Masters of the...