Contemporary Art Movies

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

An enormous shroud of white cement covers a hillside in the remote of western Sicily. It is both land art and a memorial to the town of Gibellina...

A follow up to award winning documentary 'Herb & Dorothy', the film captures the ordinary couple's extraordinary gift of art to the nation as they...

Follows Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar as he finds his artistic voice and develops the socially critical perspective of his work.

In 1983, Franz Paludetto acquired Rivara Castle at the foot of the Italian Alps. A century earlier, artists from all over Europe had gathered here to...

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...

A pioneering force in feminist art for more than four decades, Judy Chicago paved the way for generations of women artists. She decided to join...

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

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

In an earlier film, Playing A Note on the Violin While I Walk Around the Studio (Violin #1), Nauman played a single note on the violin as he walked...

Documentary about the not-likely-legendary Portuguese art group from the 1980's.

The film is based on a puppet musical which fuses the fantastical and historical, transforming a process of historical research into a...

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...

William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas – two of the most celebrated names in international contemporary art – come face to face in a series...

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...

In an empty space, two hands meet and try to get closer.