Directed by Alison Klayman, this 30-minutes short documentary is about one of the oldest contemporary artists of our time, Cuban-American Carmen Herrera. It starts with Carrera’s 100th birthday and moves around her ongoing artistic production since the 1940s and 1950s. Through use of interviews and archival materials, it brings to light the story of being […]
Directed by artist Ai Weiwei Human Flow tells the story of unwilling migration and displacement of 65 million people because of war, poverty and climate change, and events that came afterwards. Through images taken and interviews made in 23 counties including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, France, Greece, Germany, Hungary, Iraq, Mexico, Pakistan, Serbia, Syria and Turkey during […]
Directed by Morgan Neville and narrated by Jeff Bridges, ‘The Cool School’ tells the story of emergence and rise of Los Angeles art scene and things earned and lost in the process. The documentary focuses on seminal Ferus Gallery, which hosted exhibitions of a small group of Los Angeles based artists initiating a new art […]
‘The Final Portrait’ that will come on screen on 18th of August tells the story of Swedish painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti. Set in 1964 in Paris, directed by Stanley Lucci, it stars Geoffrey Rush as Giacometti. The painter runs across his old friend, American writer James Lord, and wants to make his portrait. Lord […]
One is the most important name of the 19th century art and the other is literature, Paul Cezanne and Emile Zola comes together on screen in this special film. ‘Cezanne et Moi’ is a historical drama that focuses on ups and downs of their friendship. The film starts with their school years and moves with […]
In this 2008 poduction, we watch Salvador Dali, Federico Garcia and Luis Buñuel in 1920s Spain, and how their roads crossed in Madrid School of Fine Arts. While portraying their youth, friendship and changing relationships, the film shows how each raised in their fields, as painter, poet and director. At the edge of civil war, […]
In this unforgettable 2004 production, we watch Andy Garcia as Italian painter Modigliani. The film focuses on Modigliani’s rivalry with Picasso, and shines with its colors, performances and montage. Jewish Modigliani falls in love with a young and beautiful Catholic girl Jeanne. The couple has a baby without marriage, who is sent away by Jeanne’s […]
‘Séraphine’ is a biographical film directed by Martin Provost. It tells the story of tragic life of the painter Séraphie Luise with a realistic eye. At the age of 41, Séraphine gets an inspiration and listens to her protective angel, and starts painting. This womabn who works as a cleaning lady, she spends all of […]
In this 2006 production, we are watching John Malkovich in role of Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt. Directed by Raul Ruiz, the movie sets in Vienna and focuses on last years of the painter’s life. In his deathbed, Klimt starts to recall his past and tell his life story to a friend, who was also […]
Based on Tracy Chevalier’s novel with same name, the film is about 17th century painter, Johannes Vermeer’s masterpiece ‘The Girl with the Pearl Earring’. Although we don’t have any records on the identity, many people think that the subject of the painting was a maid working at Vermeer’s House. Departing from this point, the movie […]