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An account of the many tribulations that Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, known for his subversive art and political activism, endured between 2008 and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ai Weiwei

Featuring collectors, dealers, auctioneers and a rich range of artists, including market darlings George Condo, Jeff Koons, Gerhard Richter and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Oliver Barker

A remarkable walk through the life and work of the French artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), one of the most important creators of the 20th century,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alison Knowles

Research and dissemination documentary-film about contemporary art in which more than 30 staff members of museums and galleries, visual and sound...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Carmen Chami

CREMASTER 3 (2002) is set in New York City and narrates the construction of the Chrysler Building, which is in itself a character - host to inner,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Richard Serra

Spit Earth: Who Is Jordan Wolfson? is a feature documentary film about this controversial and divisive artist who in the ensuing five years has only...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jordan Wolfson

Many twentieth century European artists, such as Paul Gauguin or Pablo Picasso, were influenced by art brought to Europe from African and Asian...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Edda Fischer

On the occasion of the fourty years anniversary of François Mitterand's election, a look back to the relationship between the President and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: François Mitterrand

This documentary follows 200 days in the life of contemporary artist Hiroshi Sugimoto— a leading presence in the world of modern art. He is the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Hiroshi Sugimoto

CREMASTER 2 (1999) is rendered as a gothic Western that introduces conflict into the system. On the biological level it corresponds to the phase of...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Norman Mailer

An obsessively-made documentary, filmed over 16 years, exploring the creative life and adventures of the eccentric artist and entrepreneur Harrod...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Harrod Blank

In 1988, art student Damien Hirst and a group of like-minded associates mounted an exhibition in a building in the East End of London. Entitled...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Damien Hirst

What happens when a group of international artists travel to North Korea to create art like the regime have never seen before? While the world is on...

Genre: Documentary

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A painter in the throes of a creative block finds inspiration thanks to a fascinating and mysterious gallery owner, but he can't expect the shocking...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lorenzo Calvani

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A rural American town suffering economically from factory closures finds an unconventional route to recovery with the help of MASS MoCA.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Meryl Streep

Jeff Wall is one of the most important and influential photographers working today. His work played a key role in establishing photography as a...

Genre: Documentary

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Both a visit to a very peculiar exhibition at the Bundeswehr Military History Museum in Dresden, Germany, as well as an unprejudiced look at the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Tom Vogt

North Star: Mark di Suvero is a 1977 documentary film about Mark di Suvero that was produced by François de Menil and Barbara Rose. Born in...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mark di Suvero

In between performance, dance and cerémonies, "The Ferryman” is a choreographic exploration of rituals and animistic roots, a luxurious...

Genre: Music

Cast: Navala Chaudhari

A series of 6 Arts Documentaries, fronted by supermodel, actress and Cambridge Arts graduate, Lily Cole. Lily gets unprecedented access to some of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Lily Cole

Rebellious, provocative and unapologetic. The Young British Artists crashed the 90s art scene, making Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst and others household...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Keith Allen

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ondřej Horák

Contemporary artists describe their work and discuss why and how they do it. The programs are grouped according to themes of place, spirituality,...

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