Artist Movies

In 1969, Akbar Padamsee, one of the pioneers of Modern Indian painting, made a visionary 16mm film called Events in a Cloud Chamber. This was one of...

A short documentary about Heidi Schwegler, a wildly imaginative artist who faced a crisis in her practice, went on a journey, and was then profoundly...

David Beck's highly original, intricate, and kinetic artwork combines sculpture, painting, textiles, and mechanics on a scale that creates a genre...

An intimate portrait filmed across 10 years of Mary, a charismatic and complex woman, born and raised in rural Kansas, USA. She runs a curiosity shop...

Jackson Pollock's 'Mural': The Story of a Modern Masterpiece is an Emmy Award winning documentary that explores the remarkable journey...

"It's very strange, on stage I always feel very good, but during the two hours before, there is fear, uneasiness, a great sadness" declared Yves...

An artist draws the head of a pretty girl, takes the drawing off the paper and places it on a small table, turning the image into the head of a real...

Short documentary by huband-and-wife filmmakers who came to know Kahlo during her time in San Francisco. The film interweaves images from her life...

A comedy about a poor artist who is accidentally accused of the murder of his fiancee.

He was always busy making the absolute painting, one of Jaap Hillenius' sons says about his father. The artist who was killed in a car accident in...

Photographer Imogen Cunningham presents her own work in this Academy Award-nominated documentary.

The Art of Antony Gormley features the documentary Antony Gormley and the 4th Plinth, produced for Sky Arts, which reveals the background to this...

Lil Darkie embarks on a journey with his bandmates and crew for a 10 show tour in the northern half of the United States.

"GENERAL IDEA: Art, AIDS and the fin de siècle is a humorous, informative and ultimately poignant documentary about General Idea. Formed in...

Jim Dine at work and at home. Includes footage of Dine discussing his life, his artistic development, and what is called "ugly" in his work. Examines...

Through an artistic and human journey, Anne-Laure Maison and Michel Cam paint a portrait of marginalized lives, revealing, through art and encounter,...

Ron Padgett (1942- ) is a poet and editor whose artistic career took off during his teenaged years in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There, along with Joe Brainard...

When the world chooses silence, one artist chooses to speak - turning her brush into a weapon and her canvas into a battleground.

Alix left his native island, Martinique, and its musical culture, to study opera singing in Paris. Portrait of a young man who now embraces all his...

An examination of the art of pottery through the works of two world renowned potters –Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada. The film traces the...