Artist Movies

Artist Chris Berens finds his inspiration in his own magical inner world. The animals and creatures that play a major role in his imagination also...

The Haywain by John Constable is such a comfortingly familiar image of rural Britain that it is difficult to believe it was ever regarded as a...

The artist Johanna Faust is about to leave her children to finally devote herself to her art again. A vague memory comes to her mind: Didn't her...

Portrait of an Artist

Nicholas Baum goes on a journey to Den Bosch, Hieronymus Bosch's town, and gives his explanation about what he thinks the painter's works originally...

Contemplates the contribution of Puerto Rican artist Cossette Zeno.

Ilya Kabakov is considered one of the most important contemporary artists worldwide. Born and raised in the Ukraine in the period between Stalin and...

When you look at a river, what do you see? Remembering Holland by Jan Wouter van Reijen carries the viewer through the basin of the River Waal, past...

An experimental self-portrait, MMXIII explores phenomenological subtlety, intersections of construct and verité, and the ways in which...

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s voyage of spiritual atonement to the Ivory Coast shortly before his death is the inspiration for Ivoirian Philippe...

A young painter's hopes, fears, and dreams emerge while he struggles to put together his portfolio.

In 2002, Sophie Constantinou interviewed Ron Padgett, Connie Lewellyn and Kenward Elmslie and recorded their recollections of Joe Brainard’s...

“I laugh out of life’s void” Korea’s very first hippie, Han Dae Soo, bursts out a laughter. Some musicians talk about love or...

Documentary about the American artist Robert Rauschenberg, who was a pioneer of Pop Art.

Yves Montand would have been 100-years-old in 2021. A journey through the 20th century by the son of an Italian immigrant who reached the peak of his...

Acclaimed Canadian artist Cliff Eyland looks back on his life after a successful double lung transplant.

Director Francois Levy-Kuentz's film uses previously unreleased archival material, such as Klein's personal films, to capture the artist's...

This documentary traces the history of Knust, an independent printing press based in Nijmegen that is regarded as one of the pioneers of risography....

WHAT YOU MEAN WE is a surreal short film by experimental artist Laurie Anderson.

An inspiring 75min DIY documentary film on new art and the young artists behind it. It was all filmed on the heat of live action of the first NOVA...