Movies: Contemporary art
- 2012
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012)
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An account of the many tribulations that Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, known for his subversive art and political activism, endured between 2008 and 2011, from his rise to world fame via the Internet to his highly publicized arrest due to his frequent an...
- 2020
Streetwalkin' Cowboy (2020)
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A delusional man in a modern day city dresses, acts like, and has the mindset of a cowboy....
- 1999
Cremaster 2 (1999)
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CREMASTER 2 (1999) is rendered as a gothic Western that introduces conflict into the system. On the biological level it corresponds to the phase of fetal development during which sexual division begins. In Matthew Barney's abstraction of this process...
- 2016
Les Couturiers de l'Église (2016)
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- 1978
North Star: Mark di Suvero (1978)
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North Star: Mark di Suvero is a 1977 documentary film about Mark di Suvero that was produced by François de Menil and Barbara Rose. Born in 1933, di Suvero has become one of the most recognized sculptors of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Fro...
- 2022
Untitled (2022)
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A painter in the throes of a creative block finds inspiration thanks to a fascinating and mysterious gallery owner, but he can't expect the shocking consequences of their encounter....
- 1994
Freeze: But is it Art? (1994)
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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 Freeze, it was a huge critical and commercial success, propelling Hirst and the group into the spotlight o...
- 2019
Museum Town (2019)
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A rural American town suffering economically from factory closures finds an unconventional route to recovery with the help of MASS MoCA....
- 2018
The Price of Everything (2018)
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Featuring collectors, dealers, auctioneers and a rich range of artists, including market darlings George Condo, Jeff Koons, Gerhard Richter and Njideka Akunyili Crosby, this documentary examines the role of art and artistic passion in today’s money-d...
- 2018
Untitled (2018)
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In this hyper-realistic digitally rendered video, sandwiches are assembled in sequence. Each component, from the first slice of bread to the last, is dropped dramatically from a height, before bouncing and settling into place in slow motion. Mayonnai...
- 2002
Cremaster 3 (2002)
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CREMASTER 3 (2002) is set in New York City and narrates the construction of the Chrysler Building, which is in itself a character - host to inner, antagonistic forces at play for access to the process of (spiritual) transcendence. These factions find...
- 1969
Violin Tuned D.E.A.D (1969)
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In an earlier film, Playing A Note on the Violin While I Walk Around the Studio (Violin #1), Nauman played a single note on the violin as he walked around his studio. In this video work, he remains in a stationary position while he plays four strings...
- 2000
Re-enacment (2000)
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For this work Alÿs purchased a gun in Mexico City then walked through the city streets with the weapon in his hand. After eleven minutes he was arrested by the police. The following day he repeated the action, this time in cooperation with the police...
- 2017
Jaar. Lament of the Images (2017)
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Follows Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar as he finds his artistic voice and develops the socially critical perspective of his work....
- 2023
Portrait of the King as a Child (2023)
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In 1983, Franz Paludetto acquired Rivara Castle at the foot of the Italian Alps. A century earlier, artists from all over Europe had gathered here to establish the Rivara School of Painting. We witness the story of Italy during the latter half of the...
- 2020
Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible (2020)
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A remarkable walk through the life and work of the French artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), one of the most important creators of the 20th century, revolutionary of arts, aesthetics and pop culture....
- 2021
Mitterrand, président culturel (2021)
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On the occasion of the fourty years anniversary of François Mitterand's election, a look back to the relationship between the President and artists, from admiration to manipulation....
- 2024
Beijo de Borboleta (2024)
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- 2008
Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank! (2008)
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An obsessively-made documentary, filmed over 16 years, exploring the creative life and adventures of the eccentric artist and entrepreneur Harrod Blank. From his youth growing up in the woods with chickens and working as a camera assistant for his fa...
- 2016
The Ferryman (2016)
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In between performance, dance and cerémonies, "The Ferryman” is a choreographic exploration of rituals and animistic roots, a luxurious visualisation of a bewitchment and an exorcism of a man-deer in the borders of the world....