Legendary art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon joins forces with a brilliant and beautiful master-thief to track down the world's most valuable missing painting but soon finds himself in a desperate race to prevent an unthinkable conflict between Russia and the West.

We’ve all had the dream. You’re going about your normal day and suddenly you’re naked. But nudity doesn’t have to be embarrassing; it can also be liberating. Three life models, one man and two women, discuss their work posing in the nude. From the nerves of modelling for the first time, to nudity's power to inspire creativity and liberate the model, this insightful doc looks at what it really means to bare yourself to the world.

Find the truth and explore the impact that the world’s most famous graffiti artist has had on the art world, on the expression of protest and satire, and on the perception of what you can do with a spray can and a stencil.

1941 was Francis Lee’s first film; CH'AN his last. In between, he became an expert Sumi-e watercolorist and here combines eloquent ink paintings with masterful animation methods. The film moves through mysterious shapes, taking the viewer on an explosive meditative journey across the imagi- nary landscapes of his creations. Music by Christopher Atwood.

Go behind the scenes of the largest Vermeer exhibition ever mounted, now on view at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Capturing the imagination of the art world – with glowing reviews, global publicity, and tickets sold out through the entirety of its run – the Rijksmuseum's Vermeer retrospective is nothing short of an historic event. Suzanne Raes’s film follows curators, conservators, collectors, and experts in their joint mission to shine a new...

Immerse yourself in printmaking artist Brian’s world at his home and workshop on the coast of Maine — his model airplanes and trains, wall-to-wall books and curling wooden staircase up to his studio, the vintage MG in his garage which shares space with a printing press — and above all, Brian’s work: the copper plates and engraving tools, mixing ink and wiping plates, working on his plates and printing from them, his hands and what it means...

Born in the West Indies, Pissarro found his passion in paint as a young man in Paris, and by the age of 43 had corralled a group of enthusiastic artists into a new collective. Their first show was scorned by the critics, but the group had acquired a new name: the Impressionists. For the next 40 years Pissarro was the driving force behind what has today become the world’s favourite artistic movement. The Ashmolean Museum has a long tradition of excellence....

For many years no-one was interested in the art of the Impressionists. Artists like Monet, Degas and Renoir were vilified, attacked, and left penniless as a result. Then, something remarkable happened. A new breed of collectors emerged and, before long, they were battling to acquire any work by these new, radical artists that they could find. Amongst them was the visionary Danish businessman Wilhelm Hansen. It was an extraordinary moment in art history,...

A group of teens on the Hollywood streets use their talents as graffiti artists to gain worldwide notoriety and ultimate success.

Vija Celimns’ intricate works of ocean waves, desert floors, and celestial skies pare art down to its essence, reminding us of the complexity found in the natural world and the human attempt to represent it. Born in Latvia in 1938, Celmins immigrated to Indiana with her family in 1948, fleeing Soviet occupation. She attended graduate school at UCLA in the 1960s, and remained in Los Angeles, one of the few female artists of her generation recognized...