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Director Andrew Neel delves into the personal and professional life of his famous grandmother, painter Alice Neel, in this documentary. Born in 1900, Alice Neel lived an unconventional life as both a single...
Analyses Mark Rothko’s ‘Seagram Murals’, illustrating how Rothko wanted to find a modern equivalent for the kinds of achievement he admired in the figure painters of the past. Filmed in the Tate...
Art historian and critic Robert Hughes presents a history of America through his art and archecture. He travels around the country visiting important buildings and monuments, recordding the landscape that...
American figurative painter John Currin presents his views on figurative painting, representation and masculine identity.
Traces Mondrian’s artistic development from his austere Calvinist upbringing to his first encouter with cubism. Examines key paintings in detail and explores his theories. Discusses his move to New York in...
Jasper Johns’ painting (or more properly, collage) ‘Flag ‘was a subject of controversy when first exhibited in 1958. Since then John’s ambiguous image of the US flag has become an icon of modernity....
Art historian T J Clark interviews Clement Greenberg, the eminent critic of modern art, on the subject of the painter Jackson Pollock. Greenberg speaks of his first meeting with Pollock, Pollock’s early...
Profiles American artist J S G Boggs, who wages a one-man war against the US government for the right to practise his art form - painting dollar bills and using them as currency. His dollars have been...
Series surveying European and American art from the Renaissance to the early 20th century. Each part concludes with a brief visual quiz.
A documentary portrait of American artist Edward Hopper by director Brian O’Doherty, who compares the paintings to the locations that inspired them. Includes footage of Hopper and his wife Jo from a...
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