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Art On Film

Alice's selection of Art on Film houses an ecletic collection of artists from cartoon maverick Robert Crumb to local genius Ralph Hotere. Classical greats like da Vinci and the French Masters sit next to Picasso and Hockney. Illustration: Bill Hammond's 'Placemakers' 1996

Artists of the 20th Century: Joan Miro (2004)

An insightful documentary that explores the life and works of this legendary Spanish artist. From his early days at Barcelona's Academy of Fine Arts t... Read more

Artists of the 20th Century: Marc Chagall (2004)

Travelling to Paris in 1910, the Russian-born Chagall took the European art world by storm. This intriguing documentary examines his most celebrated w... Read more

Artists of the 20th Century: Salvador Dali (2004)

Salvador Dali was not limited to one media; he worked in oils, watercolours, drawings, graphics, sculptures, and jewellery. He produced films, illustr... Read more

Artists of the 20th Century: Wassily Kandinsky (2004)

Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky is generally regarded as an originator of abstract painting and one of the most important innovators in modern art,... Read more

Bacon's Arena (2009)

7.9/10
Director: Adam Low

Francis Bacon (1909-1992) is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century and for the first time we have a film biogra... Read more

Banksy Does New York (2014)

7.2/10
Director: Chris Moukarbel

Banksy is revered and reviled, considered both a vandal and a genius. Completely anonymous, he is nevertheless without question one of the world's bes... Read more

Beautiful Losers (2008)

7.1/10
Director: Aaron Rose

Follow a group of like-minded American artists who emerged from the underground in the early 1990s to have an enormous impact on the worlds of fashion... Read more

Bill Cunningham New York (2010)

7.9/10
Director: Richard Press

New York Times readers could always count on photographer Bill Cunningham to provide vivid glimpses of trending fashions and high-society affairs by k... Read more

Black Sun (2005)

7.5/10
Director: Gary Tarn
Starring: Hugues de Montalembert

While living in New York in 1978, British painter and filmmaker Hugues de Montalembert fell victim to a random mugging, paint remover was thrown in hi... Read more

Black White + Gray: A Portrait Of Sam Wagstaff + Robert Mapplethorpe (2007)

7/10
Director: James Crump

When he died in 1987 Sam Wagstaff left behind a photography collection worth $5 million at the Getty Museum. In photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, who... Read more