Films
William Kentridge on turning his drawings into films, being inspired by dreams—and catching Covid-19
The South African artist talks about his new animation City Deep, now on show at Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg
Exclusive: watch the premiere of William Kentridge's film City Deep here
As part of Goodman Gallery's mini festival dedicated to the South African artist, the video is available on The Art Newspaper website until Sunday
Three decades of William Kentridge’s animations go online this week
Goodman Gallery launches video programme today—and you can exclusively watch the premiere of the artist's new film on The Art Newspaper website this Saturday
‘I transformed it’: watch David Hockney’s painting process by the side of a Yorkshire road
In behind-the-scenes footage from an award-winning documentary, the British artist shows his en plein air painting style
A new documentary chronicles the revolutionary power of Mexican artist and activist David Siqueiro's murals
"Siqueiros: Walls of Passion" includes voice work by actor Cheech Marin and explores the restoration of the artist's iconic and controversial LA mural "América Tropical"
‘I like perversity’: David Hockney on not being mainstream and why he doesn't care
In behind-the-scenes footage from an award-winning documentary, the British artist discusses why he pursued illustration when others deemed it unworthy
Caravaggio used a camera? David Hockney's controversial claim reframes narrative of Western art history
In behind-the-scenes footage from an award-winning documentary, the British artist discusses how mirrors and lenses were used by Old Masters to create proto-photographic images
Cate Blanchett takes on multiple personalities in her second art film, directed by Italian artist Marco Brambilla
The three-minute video in which Blanchett embodies the Greek philosopher Galen's four temperaments debuts today at Michael Fuchs Galerie in Berlin
Who is the most famous US artist of the 20th century? David Hockney explains his choice
In behind-the-scenes footage from an award-winning documentary, the British artist talks about the art he believes remains fresh and memorable today
Petition launched to replace Confederate monument in South Carolina with statue of actor Chadwick Boseman
Many say he "opened doors" for black people in the arts and artists like Toyin Ojih Odutola have created works honouring the the 43-year-old Black Panther actor, who died last week
'Women love my work': David Hockney on his fans
In behind-the-scenes footage from an award-winning documentary, the British artist ponders what it is about his paintings that appeals more to female viewers
David Hockney’s secret to interesting images
In behind-the-scenes footage from an award-winning documentary, the British artist explains why one should never concentrate too much on a central subject
Attracted to the uncaptured: David Hockney on how he chooses his subjects
In behind-the-scenes footage from an award-winning documentary, the British artist discusses what the scenes of Yorkshire and California have in common
Helmut Newton, the man whom (some) women loved
A documentary of the photographer, known for his brazen photographs of defiant nude women, is now streaming online
Sex, Soho, cocksure snappers and cigarette money: the making of London’s 1960s art world
A new book by Lisa Tickner, called London's New Scene, focuses on a cast of glamorous characters and gritty drama, with much that resonates today
Arthur Jafa’s searing chronicle of Black America to be screened by museums worldwide for 48 hours
Fourteen institutions including Tate will livestream Love is the Message, The Message is Death
Exclusive: watch Shirin Neshat's film Roja here
Part of Goodman Gallery's mini festival dedicated to the US-Iranian artist, the video is available on The Art Newspaper website until 22 June
Shirin Neshat's award-winning films go online for 24 hours in mini film festival
Goodman Gallery is launching the video programme on 20 June—but you can watch Roja exclusively on The Art Newspaper website from tomorrow
Ai Weiwei will address the Rohingya refugee crisis in a forthcoming documentary
The Chinese dissident artist and director of Human Flow is also currently filming a new documentary about the coronavirus pandemic
How a Canadian documentary director got the major players in the Knoedler fakes scandal to speak on camera
Barry Avrich talks to us about his new film Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art, due to be released in theatres this autumn
Sophie Matisse retraces her great-grandfather's footsteps for emotional BBC film
In an interview for The Week in Art Podcast, Sophie reveals how the support of Henri Matisse's wife Amélie became a central theme of Becoming Matisse
An abstract parallel universe: documentary on Hilma af Klint released online
Long overlooked and snubbed because of her spiritualism, the Swedish artist is finally getting the recognition—and style credit—she deserves
Forgery, drugs and sex abuse in the Canadian art world exposed in new documentary
There Are No Fakes connects a forged Norval Morrisseau painting to a crime ring behind "the greatest art scam in Canadian history"
Art films at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival
From a bio-pic on Italian naïve artist Antonio Ligabue to a documentary on the Berlin Wall fragments in the US
Hollywood dreams really do come true: the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures beckons
The museum will open on 14 December in Los Angeles with 50,000 sq. ft of exhibition space and two theaters
An art-fuelled, 18th-century lesbian love affair: French film Portrait of a Lady on Fire released in UK
Emblematic tale of a doomed relationship between a woman and her portraitist, lauded by international critics, goes on show this week
'Universally admired' arts patron Agnes Gund stars in new documentary at MoMA
The film, directed by her daughter Catherine, shows the roots of the collector's social activism
Kirk Douglas played Van Gogh in 1950s film Lust for Life: a look at the biopic and the myths it made
The Hollywood star, who died last week aged 103, became famous for his portrayal of the "tortured artist"
Grenfell Tower tragedy to be memorialised in film by Steve McQueen
London-based artist plans to show the video later this year at a London space free to the public
Review | Art and authenticity in Hong Kong
Leave the Bus Through the Broken Window follows filmmaker Andrew Hevia as he fumbles his way through the often exclusionary art world