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Still Image from Ottinger's Film Paris Calligrammes Documents Activism of 1960s Paris
Ottinger's Paris Calligrammes Documents Activism of 1960s Paris
German artist Ulrike Ottinger's latest film begins from the perspective of autobiography. Paris Calligrammes describes her experiences as a young artist living in Paris in the 1960s, when she came…
hand holds mirror ball, Escher visible in ball.
M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity Film Brings Artist Back to Life
In the new documentary, M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity filmmaker Robin Lutz utilizes sound to create a visceral connection between the artist and his audience.
Lynda is seen in dark room, looking at shelf packed with documents.
Art Crime Expert Lynda Albertson Talks Lot 448 Documentary
ARCA CEO Lynda Albertson is the star of a new documentary short directed by Bella Monticelli, Lot 448, that premiered February 1 at the Tribeca Film Festival. In it, she is shown tracking an Etruscan…
Givenchy fashion show in the 1950s
Why You Should Know About Audrey Hepburn and Givenchy’s Collaboration

Moviestar Audrey Hepburn and fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy began collaborating in the 1950s. The work they did together has arguably shaped visual and high-fashion culture ever since. Famous…

Bill Viola, The Raft
Bill Viola’s "The Raft" Explores Crisis and the Human Response
The Chazen Museum of Art invites audiences to consider the human and community impacts of disasters via Bill Viola: The Raft.
Doug Aitken film still showing an owl in a storm of feathers on a bed in a hotel room
Motels and Migratory Animals: Doug Aitken's "migration (empire)"
This next iteration of the exhibition series features migration (empire), a twenty-four-minute video work by multidisciplinary artist Doug Aitken.
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2 Minute Movies Bridges Music and Filmmaking
A new collaboration between Maroon 5’s Jesse Carmichael and artist Paul Davies connects visual art, music, and filmmaking.
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Watch This / Not That: The Best and the Worst of Van Gogh in Film
Artists have provided inspirational subject matter for filmmakers since the earliest days of moving image storytelling and none have occupied a more central place in filmmaker’s imaginations than…
Men work on move backdrop, black and white image
The Backstory on Hollywood Movie Backdrops
In Hollywood's Golden Age, hand-painted backdrops played a vital role in the magic of movies, creating cities, sunsets, or any other setting a director could imagine.
Carolee Schneemann speaking in the film Marcel Duchamp: art of the possible
Carolee Schneemann’s Special Friendship with Marcel Duchamp

The so-called father of conceptual art, Marcel Duchamp’s influence on modern and contemporary art…

John Akomfrah, Video still from Vertigo Sea, 2015. A man in old timey garb stands on the shore of a pond littered with clocks.
John Akomfrah's visions of our Future History 
The Seattle Art Museum presents "John Akomfrah: Future History," the museum’s first special exhibition exclusively dedicated to the medium of video art.
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Filmmaker Ondi Timoner on Mapplethorpe and her Life in Film
The award-winning documentary filmmaker brings Robert Mapplethorpe to life in the first feature-length film about the provocative artist.
Mona Lisa is returned to Louvre newspaper clipping from 1914 showing men in top hats with the painting
Jodie Foster to Make Movie on the Mona Lisa Theft
One of the greatest thefts in art history is set to grace the big screen soon.
Two met workers from the 1920s adjust the head of a sculpture
Rare Footage Inside The Met During the 1920s

 

Sumptuously shot in richly contrasting black and white, this lyrical series of vignettes provides a window into the hidden workings of the Museum. Employees punch time clocks;…

display at the Storyworld museum
Storyworld: The New Museum Dedicated to Animation and Comics
Storyworld, a new Dutch museum for comics, animation and games, opened its doors on January 11 with the aim to embody the crumbling division between fine art and visual storytelling.