Movies and TvShows featuring "fine-art" theme.
Sister Wendy Beckett takes a journey through the history of art in this ten-part series.
Boogie Woogie (2009) is a darkly comedic tale of the art world that explores the lives, desires, and ambitions of a group of eccentric characters. It delves into the intertwining stories of artists, collectors, dealers, and critics, as they navigate through the cutthroat world of fine art, money, and betrayal.
The works of today's most revered talents are set against a provocative, highly amusing commentary track in this celebration of queer art.
Virgil Oldman, an esteemed art expert, takes advantage of people looking to sell their artworks by lying to them about their authenticity. One day, he is called to evaluate the possessions of a woman named Claire, with whom he forms a close bond. As their relationship develops, Virgil falls in love with her and helps her with her phobia. However, he later discovers that Claire, along with his friends, has stolen his art collection. Written by Jadde Josbeth Monreal Burciaga, Yaneli Alejandra Guzmán Jara, and Hansel Román Medina.
Great Art Explained is a video series that focuses on one piece of art per episode, breaking it down, using clear and concise language free of 'art-speak'.
Tim's Vermeer is a documentary that follows inventor Tim Jenison as he seeks to uncover the secrets behind the techniques used by 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. Through meticulous research and experimentation, Tim attempts to recreate Vermeer's masterpieces using optical devices and camera obscura.
A year in the life of Elsa Michaud and Gabriel Gauthier, students of Fine Arts in Paris, lovers in troubled times, overwhelmed by maddening verbal and auditory stimuli, witnesses of a globalized violence more visible than ever in a chaotic digital era, in which the slow execution of simple gestures in a silent performance is an act of resistance.
The Wisdom Tree follows a neuroscientist who delves into the depths of consciousness and explores the concept of parallel universes. Along her journey, she encounters Indian classical music and Eastern philosophy, diving into the realms of spirituality and quantum entanglement. The movie weaves together elements of quantum mechanics, vedanta, string theory, and fine art to explore the nature of reality and the possibility of a multiverse.
Andrew Graham-Dixon explores the history of Scandinavia through its art.
The organization of an art exhibition, the curatorship, the staging of a play, are complex and multidisciplinary practices that demand creativity, research and rigor. This series reflects on the possibilities to carry out these activities.
A couple of bourgeois intellectuals, Carlo and Silvia, have been married for twenty years. While she lives in their flat in Rome, he spends most of his time in the country house where he writes his books, openly living with his younger lover, Lù. In return, Carlo has long accepted that her wife may have lovers, but her volatile relationship with a young neo-fascist suddenly rekindles his jealousy.
This is an interesting look at the Life and Times of car customizer/cartoonist Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. Through the use of many graphically enhanced photographs and "talking" cars, it is a loving look at the car culture in Southern California from the Early 50's to Ed's Passing in 2001.
China's Van Goghs is a documentary film that explores the lives of Chinese artists who make a living by replicating famous Van Gogh paintings. The film showcases their struggles, dedication, and passion for art as they try to find their own identities in the art world.
JORDAN is a lonely Manhattan painter. When GINGER, a suicidal 19 year old squatter calls Jordan by accident, she threatens to kill herself if he doesn't meet her for lunch. This dark dramedy is 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' on lithium. 16mm film
Join Michael Palin as he delves into the art and life of renowned American artist Andrew Wyeth. Witness the beauty of New England and discover the inspirations behind Wyeth's captivating paintings.
Sister Wendy Beckett, a cloistered nun and Oxford-educated art scholar, takes an art appreciation tour across America, visiting six major art museums in this 6-hours documentary series from PBS.
Explores the paths being forged by six modern artists, giving us rare insight into the minds behind this rousing new wave of painting.
Andrew Graham-Dixon embarks on his most ambitious journey yet, an exploration of the rich, exciting and diverse art history of the United States of America