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- DirectorSeamus HaleyLaurent RichardAurélia RouvierStarsRobin BartonBanksy is a household name, but behind this name hides a multitude of stories, artworks, stunts, political statements and identities, leading to one of the art world's biggest unanswered questions- who is Banksy?
- DirectorBanksyStarsBanksyMr. BrainwashSpace InvaderFollowing the style of some of the world's most prolific street artists, an amateur filmmaker makes a foray into the art world.
- DirectorBen AnthonyStarsKurt AndersenGeorge CondoFab 5 FreddyThe story of international art sensation Keith Haring, told using previously unheard interviews.
- DirectorAli RayStarsDíana BermudezDelving deeper than any film has done before, engaging with world-renowned Kahlo experts, exploring how great an artist she was, discover the real Frida Kahlo.
- DirectorMatthew AkersJeff DupreStarsMarina AbramovicUlayKlaus BiesenbachA documentary that follows the Serbian performance artist as she prepares for a retrospective of her work at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.
- DirectorAndreas KoefoedStarsMohammad Bin SalmanRobert K. WittmanMartin KempThe mystery surrounding the Salvator Mundi, the first painting by Leonardo da Vinci to be discovered for more than a century, which has now seemingly gone missing.
- DirectorPhil GrabskyMore than just a painter, Raphael was one of the most extraordinary artists of the Renaissance but is often misunderstood or mythologised.
- DirectorDavid BickerstaffStarsPeter AbrahamsCristine AcidiniSergej AndrosovThe life and work of Michelangelo, one of the most important artists of the Italian High Renaissance, are brought to life in this documentary through an exhibition in the National Gallery that also explore his relationship with da Vinci.
- DirectorDavid BickerstaffStarsHugh BonnevilleTracy ChevalierWalter LiedtkeThe Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Johannes Vermeer is one of the most enduring paintings in the history of art. This beautifully filmed documentary goes in pursuit of answers to the unresolved riddles surrounding this extraordinary piece.
- DirectorPhil GrabskyBen HardingStarsTim MarlowA new "Exhibition on Screen" exploration of Vermeer's artwork.
- DirectorDavid BickerstaffStarsXavier BrayJoanna DunnGabriele FinaldiA cinematic tour de force based on the National Gallery's exhibition Goya: The Portraits.
- DirectorDavid BickerstaffStarsRachel Campbell-JohnstonPeter GreenawayJennifer SliwkaThis film follows the exhibition 'Jheronimus Bosch - Visions of Genius' which brought the majority of Bosch's works together for the first time in his hometown of Den Bosch, attracting almost half a million fans from all over the world.
- DirectorLisa Immordino VreelandStarsPeggy GuggenheimJacqueline Bograd WeldFrancine ProseA portrait of a patron of the arts extraordinaire who transformed a modest fortune and impeccable taste into one of the premiere collections of twentieth century art.
- DirectorHeather LenzStarsYayoi KusamaArtist Yayoi Kusama and experts discuss her life and work, from her modest beginnings in Japan to becoming an internationally renowned artist.
- DirectorTamra DavisStarsJean Michel BasquiatJulian SchnabelLarry GagosianDirector Tamra Davis pays homage to her friend in this definitive documentary but also delves into Basquiat as an iconoclast. His dense, bebop-influenced neoexpressionist work emerged while minimalist, conceptual art was the fad; as a successful black artist, he was constantly confronted by racism and misconceptions. Much can be gleaned from insider interviews and archival footage, but it is Basquiat's own words and work that powerfully convey the mystique and allure of both the artist and the man.
- DirectorDavid ShulmanStarsJean Michel BasquiatBruno BischofbergerMary BooneNearly 30 years after his death, this documentary film of Jean-Michel Basquiat details how the self-taught Brooklyn-born artist rose to be one of the greats on the international art marketplace.
- StarsBill IrwinJeffrey DeitchJessica BeckAfter he's shot in 1968, Andy Warhol begins documenting his life and feelings. Those diaries, and this docuseries, take a peek behind his persona.
- DirectorStig AndersenWell-respected and admired abroad. In his homeland reviled while alive, neglected after his death. This is the untold story of the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch.