The Faraway Nearby

The history of art in Ethiopia. The film emphasizes the styles, materials, etc. ofpaintings on walls and roofs of ancient churche

What does modern art mean for ordinary visitors to an exhibition?

In the fall of 1987, Philippe Haas accompanied the sculptor Richard Long to the Algerian Sahara and filmed him tracing with his feet, or constructing...

Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) explores Video Art, revealing how different generations ‘hacked’ the tools of television to pioneer new ways of...

Through interviews and guerilla footage of graffiti writers in action on five continents, the documentary tells the story of graffiti from its...

This MGM Passing Parade series short takes a look at changing definitions of art in the United States.

For both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, Captain James Cook is a figure of great historical significance.

This film explores the transformation of an image from color negative to color positive on one film stock. “The Still Life“ was painted...

Contemporary artist Koki Tanaka sets up a booth at a Los Angeles flea market to sell palm fronds. "I tried to bring something very extreme into the...

In 1988, art student Damien Hirst and a group of like-minded associates mounted an exhibition in a building in the East End of London. Entitled...

CERN and the University of California-Santa Barbara are collaborating in the search for the elusive substance that physicists and astronomers believe...

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the surreal art movement, comedian Jim Moir (a.k.a. Vic Reeves) presents this documentary...