Artist Movies

A struggling artist is tortured by his day and finds his muse in the night.

Lil Darkie embarks on a journey with his bandmates and crew for a 10 show tour in the northern half of the United States.

The little mannequin, once content to be sketched, now longs to escape the confines of the canvas.

Trapeze artist Mathilda wears the pants in her circus act. Figuratively.

Joe Brainard (1941-1994) was an artist particularly noted for his work in collage and comics. Brainard’s artistic career took off during his...

Jim Dine at work and at home. Includes footage of Dine discussing his life, his artistic development, and what is called "ugly" in his work. Examines...

Stefan Luchian is a passionate painter who rebels against conservative art groups, determined to create a new form of art that celebrates beauty and...

David Beck's highly original, intricate, and kinetic artwork combines sculpture, painting, textiles, and mechanics on a scale that creates a genre...

The San Francisco Foundation 2013 Community Leadership Awards presents Nancy Hom with the Helen Crocker Russell Award, made to an under-recognized,...

This film is a portrait of hypnotist and artist, Marcos Lutyens. It examines the idea of incorporating hypnotism into art through the filmmaker...

A short documentary about Heidi Schwegler, a wildly imaginative artist who faced a crisis in her practice, went on a journey, and was then profoundly...

A documentary diptych made during my internship at Secant Space in Istanbul: the first part focuses on Eléonore Varone, curator and director...

A short 1978 documentary about artist Alice Neel.

Sara, A positive girl who can't speak(dumb) and A lonely boy without hope in life accidentally meets and talks through a diary.

Ron Padgett (1942- ) is a poet and editor whose artistic career took off during his teenaged years in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There, along with Joe Brainard...

In this film, we get to know the socially engaged sculptor Asbjørn Høglund, who has made a deep impression through his contributions to...

Aquiles, an actor passionate about art, finds himself in conflict after receiving the tragic news that his theater company will close down....

In the quiet hum of a café, two strangers cross paths - Kabir, a doctor weighed down by unfinished work and unspoken loneliness, and Vaani, an...

‘The Swan Song’ is an artist’s (Victor Darden) thrilling journey to find the perfect emotion for his last masterpiece, ‘The...