Painting Movies

Art documentary

Cheng, an ambassador of Peranakan Culture in Singapore discovers a painting that propels him to leave Singapore.

The film approaches the work of the Greek artist Nikos Koniaris. The particular way in which the painter depicts human suffering is presented through...

Inside his studio, painter Philip Trusttum launches into a new work. He employs ordinary house paint to create a bold, large-scale painting, tells...

As the only work in this medium by Richter, the film was created for the exhibition Volker Bradke that took place on 13th December 1966 at Galerie...

A film about three of our leading visual artists, Bhupen Khakar, Nalini Malani and Vivan Sundaram. It takes, as its point of departure, a glass mural...

Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) is both a cultural icon and a lasting source of artistic inspiration. His famous female figures,...

Spanish scientist Tomeo L'Amo bought a painting in 1989 that he believed to be an original Dalí. After 25 years of searching for the truth, an...

After the loss of a woman's baby during pregnancy, the strange arrival of a hand-drawn bird opens the mind of this young artist for a new start.

Portrait of a gentleman is a video from the series Stills Made in Museums which stages the behavioral rules that derive from the strange constructs...

The term “critofilm” was coined by Ragghianti himself in 1948 to denote a new critical methodology, inaugurated precisely by...

A young artist and his friend reevaluate their contradicting perceptions on life and who they're becoming to eachother.

Animation by Nana Yachi. Music by Kazune Yamagata.

A being wants it's painting back.

Acting as part ode and through a series of interpretations, Claudette’s Star depicts young artists considering with sheer wonder who is given a...

A poor artist accidentally discovers the use of blood to paint his works and now he's on the search for the perfect color.

The Canvas