ArchiveIndonesia
Oei Hong Djien, the controversial collector aiming to build a history of Indonesia’s Modern art
New film shows a scene dogged by lack of institutional support and alleged fakes
ArchiveInterviews
Interview: Why Mike Leigh turned to art
The British director on his acclaimed big-screen portrait of Turner—and the artist’s “box of tricks”
ArchiveArt Basel
Bob and Roberta Smith's Basel 'Art Party' raises awareness about slashing of UK arts education funding
Bob and Roberta Smith’s crusade against cuts is bringing politics and mayhem to the Swiss fair
ArchiveDerek Jarman
Pandemonium as celebrations of Derek Jarman kick off
King’s College show opens events marking the 20th anniversary of the film-maker’s death
ArchiveFilms
The art of warfare: new documentary on practical applications of art installation during WWII
Rick Beyer’s “The Ghost Army” is the story of the artists who worked to throw the German army off the scent of the real location of Allied troops
ArchiveArtist interview
Champion of the ‘free radicals’: Interview with Pip Chodorov
After introducing film to Fiac and battling to get fair prices for film-makers’ works, Pip Chodorov made his own history of experimental cinema—and now he is celebrating the work of a pioneering artist in a forthcoming Serpentine Gallery show.
ArchiveFilms
New Abramovic film explores public and private endurance tests
Akers's film recounts the artist’s decades of arduous performances—and reveals a charming woman beneath the steely surface
ArchiveFilms
"Art in the Twenty-first Century" brings big personalities to the small screen
This US television series offers insights into the history and practice of artists from Marina Abramovic to Ai Weiwei
ArchiveCalder Foundation
Calder Foundation to host rare films online
Four videos feature the artist’s stage work, sculptures and constructions
ArchiveDecorative arts
BBC and V&A collaborate on decorative arts programme
“Handmade in Britain”
ArchiveKazimir Malevich
Art on the big screen: The art and lives of prominent 20th century artists
Documentaries on Julio González and Kazimir Malevich are particularly striking, while the Claes Oldenburg and Jasper Johns films are less so
ArchiveMedia & broadcast
Blind bids, flogging Bacon and a fisherman’s find come to the small screen
Three programmes that turn the art world over to reality television
ArchiveAndy Warhol
Review: Re-distributed films starring Armando Reverón and David Hockney and Londoners gather on Front Row to recall Andy Warhol encounters
Poignant footage of Reverón's twilight years, Hockney playing the documentarian and Jeremy Deller in conversation with Anthony d'Offay on Warhol's transformative power
ArchiveFilms
New York’s digital shorts: 'Made Here' explores artists’ relationships with the city
The web-based videos looks into the lives of performers and artists
ArchivePere Portabella
Tate Modern looks inside the mind of Pere Portabella
The veteran Catalan director has a season of films on show at Bankside
ArchiveBBC
Art in the media: Alastair Sooke inspires, Matthew Collings takes a swipe at Tracey Emin and Martin Creed fails to enlighten
Plus, Stephen Fry as Pope Innocent X
ArchiveIran
Robert Adanto's documentary "Pearls on the Ocean Floor" throws spotlight on Iran's revolutionary female artists
The women who go against the grain, featured at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
ArchiveFilms
Art on the big screen: Documenting feminism and how women changed the (art) world
Lynn Hershman Leeson’s film is an invaluable historical record of the feminist art movement in the US
ArchiveJean-Michel Basquiat
A new film on Jean-Michel Basquiat ticks all the boxes
Archive interviews? Check. Cool soundtrack? Famous faces? Boost to the market? Check, check and check
ArchiveArtist interview
Interview with Shirin Neshat: “For Iranian artists, being silent is like taking the side of the demon”
As her debut movie, “Women Without Men”, screens in Basel, the artist explains that cinema is closer to her people
ArchiveFilms
Art on the big screen: When Dalí and Lorca were lovers—perhaps
"Little Ashes" tells one side of a very contentious story
ArchiveFilms
Art in the media: Light and dark after the war at the Ferus Gallery and in the art of Georg Baselitz
Ostensibly disparate films illuminate art after the end of World War II
ArchiveFilms
Art on the big screen: The art of war and sex
A look at 'Guernica: Portrait of War' and 'Love You More'
ArchiveFeatures
The films of Warhol’s lost lover rediscovered: A documentary on Danny Williams
Esther Robinson’s engrossing movie includes footage of several of Williams’ films
ArchiveGilbert & George
Tate releases 1981 Gilbert & George manifesto on DVD
The World of Gilbert & George is now available