Artist Movies
- 2007
Vija Celmins: 4 Decades
Vija Celmins: 4 Decades02007HD
Best known for her drawings of the ocean and the galaxies of the night sky, Vija Celmins has solidified herself as one of the most important artists o...
- 2016
Kenneth: Ron Padgett
Kenneth: Ron Padgett02016HD
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...
- 2009
Rocaterrania
Rocaterrania02009HD
A journey into the secret world of 76-year-old Renaldo Kuhler, a scientific illustrator who invented an imaginary country to survive his disaffected y...
- 1966
Jim Dine
Jim Dine01966HD
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...
- 1996
Will Williams - Dem Meister über die Schulter geschaut
Will Williams - Dem Meister über die Schulter geschaut01996HD
A documentary about the German-American movie poster artist Will Williams made by his close friend Eckhard "Ecki" Baum.
- 2019
Joe Fafard, selfie
Joe Fafard, selfie02019HD
- 2014
Daniel Richter on Emil Nolde
Daniel Richter on Emil Nolde02014HD
Emil Nolde was a Nazi – and so what, asks contemporary German artist Daniel Richter. “It’s a moralistic debate. A debate, that mirrors the moralism an...
- 2005
Ed Ruscha: 4 Decades
Ed Ruscha: 4 Decades02005HD
Ed Ruscha made his very first art in his native Oklahoma, but soon became attracted to Los Angeles . Curator Margit Rowell has examined his extensive...
- 2009
Ester Hernandez
Ester Hernandez02009HD
Ester Hernandez, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2004 Community Leadership Awards (Helen Crocker Russell Award) - for fostering community and r...
- 2014
Chris Berens
Chris Berens02014HD
Artist Chris Berens finds his inspiration in his own magical inner world. The animals and creatures that play a major role in his imagination also pop...
- 2008
Alison Watt: Phantom
Alison Watt: Phantom02008HD
Alison Watt became the National Gallery's Seventh Associate Artist in 2006. This art film records her two-year residency, as she created paintings ins...
- 2006
Jaap Hillenius, Trying to Get Closer
Jaap Hillenius, Trying to Get Closer02006HD
He was always busy making the absolute painting, one of Jaap Hillenius' sons says about his father. The artist who was killed in a car accident in 199...
- 2016
NYC: Ron Padgett
NYC: Ron Padgett02016HD
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...
- 2016
Tulsa: Ron Padgett
Tulsa: Ron Padgett02016HD
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...
- 2016
The Brave Artist
The Brave Artist02016HD
Trapeze artist Mathilda wears the pants in her circus act. Figuratively.
- 2009
Zakarya Diouf
Zakarya Diouf02009HD
Zakarya Diouf, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2005 Community Leadership Awards (Helen Crocker Russell Award) - for his vision in unifying the...
- 2015
Jare vs. Cheek
Jare vs. Cheek52015HD
TV-documentary follows Finland's most popular hip hop artist Cheek song-making and stadium gig planning. What kind of person is Jare Henrik Tiihonen,...
- 2013
The museum closes when the author is tired
The museum closes when the author is tired02013HD
A documentary about Fausto Delle Chiaie, an italian artist. He worked in many european countries and spent the last 30 years exhibiting on the streets...
- 2017
Advice From Ghosts: Advice From the Ghost of Georgia O'Keeffe
Advice From Ghosts: Advice From the Ghost of Georgia O'Keeffe102017HD
The late artist Georgia O'Keeffe, provides advice on life and art.
- 2024
Nancy Hom - 2013 San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards
Nancy Hom - 2013 San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards02024HD
The San Francisco Foundation 2013 Community Leadership Awards presents Nancy Hom with the Helen Crocker Russell Award, made to an under-recognized, ma...