Miguel Coyula’s "Chronicles of the Absurd" provides a rare inside view of artist interactions with an oppressive government
At 840 minutes, “exergue - on documenta 14” exhaustively chronicles all that went right and wrong with Adam Szymczyk’s edition of Documenta in Kassel and Athens, though the actual art gets surprisingly little screen time
Michiko Matsumoto’s film “Viva Niki”, which recently premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival, also attests to the artist’s enduring popularity in Japan
The Canadian documentary “So Surreal: Behind the Masks” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival
Raoul Peck’s new documentary “Ernest Cole: Lost and Found”, having its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, is narrated by Lakeith Stanfield
Moore, who is also an executive producer on the series, will star as art restorer Dianne Modestini
Lynes, whose homoerotic images from the first half of the 20th century have had relatively little exposure, is the subject of a new documentary
Mati Diop’s “Dahomey”, which won top honours at the Berlin International Film Festival, takes a pensive and unconventional approach to its subject
Directed by the artist’s daughter and her husband, “A Revolution on Canvas” is a heart-breaking family drama disguised as a political thriller
New film about the Mexican artist quotes extensively from her unguarded, strident diaries and notebooks
A new documentary delves into the machinations that led to the upstart American artist’s stunning triumph at the art world’s Olympics
The four-hour film, shot mostly during the Covid-19 pandemic, opens in the US on Christmas Day
In his new documentary “Angel Applicant”, Ken August Meyer finds solace in the late works of Klee, who likewise suffered from scleroderma
In “Apolonia, Apolonia”, Lea Glob tracks the fitful ascent of French painter Apolonia Sokol and captures something elemental about the artistic spirit
A new documentary chronicling Nyoman Nuarta’s 28-year struggle to build the world’s fifth-tallest statue also doubles as a portrait of contemporary Indonesia
Westermann’s hand-carved wooden sculptures pop off cinema screens in Los Angeles and Chicago this month
The co-founder of The Doc Society and the architect behind numerous films by visual artists was diagnosed with a brain tumour in July
“Rule of Two Walls”, showing at the Tribeca Film Festival, follows artists in Ukraine after the launch of Russia’s invasion
The photographer speaks with us about his intimate images of the famed artist, how he got the coveted New York media job and his "diehard" Republicanism
“White Balls on Walls” shows how the staff of Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum have tried to implement change amid a shifting social landscape
A new documentary surveying the revered but elusive artist is playing at New York's Film Forum
The film, 'Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition', will be shown in over 300 cinemas across the country
Murtha died suddenly in 2013, having never received recognition for her photography. But today, she is recognised as one of the most significant artists of her generation
A survey of the 90-year-old activist, artist and documentarian’s tells a parallel story about the shifting relationship between Canada and its First Nations peoples
Bell is showing in Expo Chicago's sector for large and site-specific works, and is the subject of a documentary screening during the fair
Weeks after a fire took the lives of 72 people, the British artist, who was born nearby, shot the ruin of the 24-storey tower from a circling helicopter
"This World Is Not My Own", which recently premiered at South by Southwest, parallels Rowe’s life with that of the gallerist who championed her work
Director Amanda Kim’s "Moon Is the Oldest TV" supplements a timeline of the artist’s life with archival footage of his work
Laura Poitras's film, which follows Goldin's campaign against members of the Sackler family, has been nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category
Laura Poitras’s “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” is one of 15 films on the shortlist to be nominated in the documentary feature category at the 2023 Academy Awards