Artist Movies

Lawrence Jordan's portrait of the reclusive artist Joseph Cornell.

Portrait of an Artist

As the band Placebo approach their 20th Anniversary they were given a unique opportunity to play ten cities throughout Russia. In a time when Russia w...

Part documentary, part drama, this film presents the life and work of Jack Kerouac, an American writer with Québec roots who became one of the most im...

An insight into the mind of a mentally ill and drug-addicted artist.

In 2002, Sophie Constantinou and Bill Weir interviewed Padgett about his life and works, specifically his friendship and collaborations with the New Y...

Ortensia is a mechanical ballerina, that every day is forced to dance for an audience, in a seemingly endless loop. But one day, she sees in the crowd...

Oswaldo Guayasamín, one of the most renowned Latin American artists, with more than 600 portraits in his pictorial career, (among which are F. Mitterr...

Welcome to the neon studio of Carolina Pereira. Bem-vindo ao estúdio neon da Carolina Pereira.

A young sculptor struggles to finish his masterpiece, a sculpture of a woman, as it inexplicably cracks.

Ron Padgett (1942- ) is a poet and editor whose artistic career took off during his teenaged years in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There, along with Joe Brainard...

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

Goldie, an artist grieving over the loss of her partner, creates space for new love to enter her life.

A Local Reno Artist and DJ discusses the many inspirations behind her work and how it impacts herself and others.

A powerful portrait of Africa's most widely acclaimed contemporary artist El Anatsui. It gives an insider's view of the artist's practice, the ingeni...

A film about and with Max Ernst.

This film tells the story of Markus Anatol Weisse, who, astonishingly enough, became an artist, in spite of being only very partially sighted. Markus...

Afatasi The Artist is a San Francisco based mixed-media conceptual artist and futurist. Her artwork—which includes textiles and fine art tapestry, sma...