To mark the 500th anniversary of Raphael's death, a major exhibition has opened in Rome. Exhibition on Screen had exclusive access to this event, which brings together over 200 major works by this Renaissance master. The film explores the exhibition and sheds new light on the work of this often misunderstood or, on the contrary, idealized artist.
Suzanne Valadon was born in 1865. Her son, Maurice Utrillo, was born in 1883. Both were painters, and lived part of their lives in the Montmartre district of Paris. It was a flourishing period for the village. It was in this atmosphere that they enjoyed their hours of glory and drama.
Raphael Federici (street artist), Marine Goodmorning (illustrator), Luca Fiore (cartoonist) and Harry Boudchicha (drawing teacher) reveal their best drawing techniques. Each episode focuses on a specific subject: movement, oil painting, shadows, hair... For the first 10 minutes, each artist gives a theoretical lesson illustrated by sketches. Then they each start working on their creation. Finally, they end with a debrief, comparing and explaining their techniques
In about 1560, in Maser, the Barbaro brothers, members of one of the most important Venetian families, asked the architect Andrea Palladio to build them a country house and the painter Paolo Veronese to decorate the walls. Andrea Palladio, a former stonemason, had become the favourite architect of the Venetian aristocracy and invent a new type of country residence, half palazzo, half farm, known as a Villa. The palladian villa is a revolution. For the first time, Architecture must also consider habitation and daily usage in trying to marry beauty with utility, for a new architectural ambition and a new concept of beauty. Some thirty of these prestigious houses were built in Venetia between 1550 and 1580, Andrea Palladio define the basis for all oderly and geometric occidental architecture. In front of the rationnalist work of Palladio, the Veronése frescoes which decorate the villa Barbaro are a trompe l’œil type of illusion, play to open imaginary doors and windows everywhere and inse
A remarkable event occurred at London’s National Gallery when the largest ever collection of Leonardo’s surviving paintings was assembled in a unique exhibition: Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan. Leonardo is recognised as perhaps the greatest painter and sculptor of all time but there was no end to his talents. This film tells his life story and expands on Leonardo the visionary and inventor from the place where he lived out his final years at Château du Clos Lucé in France, concluding that Leonardo da Vinci was perhaps the very embodiment of the spirit of the Renaissance.
Bosch's hometown in the Netherlands has no paintings by the painter, yet for the major "Visions of Genius" exhibition held on the anniversary of his death in 2016, the Noordbrabants Museum has managed to bring together almost all of Bosch's paintings and drawings. "Visions of Genius" was the most ambitious exhibition ever dedicated to the Dutch painter. This documentary will plunge you into the strange, visionary world of Hieronymus Bosch.
"I envy the Japanese", wrote Van Gogh to his brother Theo. Thanks to the exhibition on which this film is based, at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, we understand why. Although Vincent van Gogh never visited Japan, it remains the country that had the greatest influence on him and his work. By visiting Japanese art galleries in Paris and creating his own image of Japan after extensive research, print collections and lengthy discussions with other artists, the discovery of Japanese art took van Gogh's career in an exciting new direction.
Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917) was one of the most important French sculptors of the 19th century. He is considered to be one of the fathers of modern sculpture.
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres is best known as the painter of the odalisques. Obsessed with the ideal of beauty, he glorified the female form, with its porcelain whiteness and its curves… Ingres struck a path between Classicism and the influence of the Orient. You will see the famous women bathers in “The Turkish Bath” and also some of his historic paintings such as “Oedipus and the Sphinx” and, of course, his portraits, with the famous “Monsieur Bertin”. Enjoy your visit!
My little Museum is Art History retold through funny anecdotes and backstage trivias by Alicia Flipo. With her wacky demeanor, her inventiveness and her quirky sense of humor, Alicia stages these small Art tales so that once and for all, you could remember the Big stories!
Pop Icon and actress Claire Grogan is reunited with fellow Glaswegian, Taggart actor Alex Norton as they battle it out in the search for profitable antiques. Anita Manning and Paul Laidlaw are on hand to lend their expertise. Anita and Alex find themselves on an Antiques ‘Boat’ Trip as they reminisce about childhood trips down the Clyde. While Claire and Paul see firsthand what Stirling castle would’ve looked like in the 16th century. The result of the auction in Ayr all rests on a naked lady.
To celebrate the thousandth anniversary of its foundation, Strasbourg Cathedral is offering visitors a brand-new stained glass window in the Chapelle Sainte-Catherine. This innovative contemporary work by photographer Véronique Ellena took over a year to complete, hand-in-hand with the great master glassmaker Pierre-Alain Parot. Never before has such a stained-glass window been created! Unique in its technique, original in its concept, this film reveals the secrets behind the making of a truly exceptional work of art.
Discover James Goldstein's house in the heights of Hollywood. It is a beautiful example of the architecture of the mythical and prolific John Lautner. When Goldstein bought this property, the house was not finished and Lautner died in the meantime. Goldstein set about finishing it with the help of the famous architect's former associates. To top it off, he commissioned James Turrell to create an original work on the hillside.
In this episode, we will spend a special day with Grégoire Lacroix, director of the antique decents department of the auction house, Aguttes. We meet him at the Hôtel Drouot in Paris, the largest auction house in the world. For several months, he has been working on two important sales and we are going to accompany him during the last hours of preparations.
Kimiko Yoshida has settled in a working-class neighborhood in the northeast of Paris. Her house is at the same time an exhibition gallery, a reception room and a studio. Initially a photographer, she has become a visual artist. The self-portrait is a motif that punctuates the artist's work. But paradoxically, she flees vanity to aim at disappearance.
John Singer Sargent is known as the greatest portrait artist of his era. What made his ‘swagger’ portraits remarkable was his power over his sitters, what they wore and how they were presented to the audience. Through interviews with curators, contemporary fashionistas and style influencers, Exhibition on Screen’s film will examine how Sargent’s unique practice has influenced modern art, culture and fashion.
David Hockney, generally considered one of Britain's most popular artists, is enjoying worldwide success, with exhibitions in London, New York, Paris and elsewhere attracting millions of visitors. Now in his eighties, Hockney shows no sign of letting up or losing his legendary audacity. This film reveals intimate, previously unseen interviews and focuses on two successful exhibitions that took place in 2012 and 2016 at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
My little Museum is Art History retold through funny anecdotes and backstage trivias by Alicia Flipo. With her wacky demeanor, her inventiveness and her quirky sense of humor, Alicia stages these small Art tales so that once and for all, you could remember the Big stories!
Two stars of the seventies, cool crooner Tony Christie and pop royalty Jimmy Osmond are accompanied by experts Catherine Southon and Margie Cooper. Blasting off from the Leicestershire town of Loughborough they’ll head for an auction in the Staffordshire city of Stoke-on-Trent. Tony squeezes in a visit to Coalbrookdale, the place where ground breaking techniques were developed that kick-started the industrial revolution. And petrol-head Jimmy gets to whizz round the historical race circuit at Donington. The big auction finale includes a sing-a-long like no other. But which musical maestro will clinch victory?
In this episode, we'll talk with Chris Verene, photographer. When he started photography, he wanted to photograph Illinois, and more specifically a small town where his father was from. He likes to photograph people, places, moments of life in this city which is for him "the center of America".
Private tour takes you to discover the "Calder-Picasso" exhibition at the Picasso National Museum in Paris. The works of Pablo Picasso and Alexander Calder are exhibited and respond to each other, offering a real experience to the viewer. You will discover sculptures such as "Woman in the Garden" or "Shark and Whale".
Private Tour takes you to discover the second exhibition of "Japanese art brut " at the Halle Saint Pierre. With this exhibition, we try to question and understand what makes the success and originality of art brut. Among the works on display you will be able to discover works by the iconic Japanese artist Sawada who participated in the Venice Biennale in 2013.
Raphael Federici (street artist), Marine Goodmorning (illustrator), Luca Fiore (cartoonist) and Harry Boudchicha (drawing teacher) reveal their best drawing techniques. Each episode focuses on a specific subject: movement, oil painting, shadows, hair... For the first 10 minutes, each artist gives a theoretical lesson illustrated by sketches. Then they each start working on their creation. Finally, they end with a debrief, comparing and explaining their techniques
Every Rembrandt exhibition is eagerly awaited, but this exhibition organized by London's National Gallery and Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum was an unprecedented event. The documentary highlights the historic Rembrandt exhibition, while tracing his life. Rembrandt is one of the greatest artists who ever lived, and this deeply moving documentary seeks to explore the truth about the man behind the legend.
After a two-year touring exhibition, in 2015 Girl with a Pearl Earring returned to the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague. At 350 years old, the eternal Girl has always retained her aura of mystery and charm. The proof is in the number of curious onlookers (1.2 million) who flocked to catch a glimpse of her during her stay in Japan. The documentary seeks to uncover the many enigmas surrounding this extraordinary painting and its mysterious creator - Vermeer. Who was this girl? Why and how did Vermeer paint this picture? Come and travel back in time to discover Johannes Vermeer, visit the charming museum in The Hague and answer all these questions.
This eagerly-awaited exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts was the first-ever retrospective devoted to the portraiture of Édouard Manet. Covering the entire career of this enigmatic and sometimes controversial artist, the exhibition brought together works from Europe, Asia and the United States. Manet's portraiture has never been the subject of an exhibition, although it represents around half of his artistic output. He painted his family, friends and the literary, political and artistic figures of the day, bringing to life not only his subjects but also Parisian society.
Wilhelm Hansen was a visionary businessman who lived in Denmark in the 19th century. He was one of the few collectors to take an interest in the Impressionist painters, at a time when they were attacked and denigrated. The film takes us to Hansen's summer home on the outskirts of Copenhagen, and to the extraordinary exhibition of his collection at London's Royal Academy.
No artist captured the essence and charm of Venice better than Giovanni Antonio Canal, better known as Canaletto. This remarkable collection of over 200 paintings, drawings and etchings allows us to discover Canaletto's artistic talent, his contemporaries and the city he reproduced with genius. The film also opens the doors of two official royal residences, Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, to reveal more about the artist and Joseph Smith, the man who introduced Canaletto to Britain.
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Located on Trafalgar square in London, the National Gallery is home to one of the world’s largest collection of Western art. It boasts over 2,000 paintings, spanning from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century. Admire the greatest masterpieces of this unique museum from the most remarkable Flemish painters (Van Eyck, Vermeer), French impressionists (Monet, Cézanne) and, last but certainly not least, English masters such as Hogarth and Turner. Enjoy your visit!
Taking inspiration from ordinary people, Gustave Courbet raised humble folk to the ranks of art history… He also paid homage to the female body in his famous “Origin of the World” … Although his audacity, together with its uncompromising naturalism, was often deemed scandalous, it is also what made his name. With paintings such as “Sleep”, “A Burial at Ornans” and “The Artist’s Studio”, this exhibition presents works from the leader of the Realist movement. Enjoy your visit!
Two legends of British comedy, Ronni Ancona and Jan Ravens are joined on this Road Trip by antiquers Phil Serrell and James Braxton. Starting in the North Yorkshire town of Redcar they’ll head for auction in Stockport in Cheshire. Jan gets rather carried away and spends every single penny of her entire budget. While Ronni gets a kick out of a very kitsch glass boot. A quick detour sees Jan find out why Hartlepudlians thought a monkey was a Frenchman and Ronni is left open mouthed when Braxton takes off his clothes. Crikey!
In this episode, the two candidates, Anouar Hendrixx and Gwenaëlle David, will compete on the imposed theme of the fairground. They will have one hour to make the best possible photograph, then they will have to edit their photos for 30 minutes.
In this episode, we meet the artist Alain Godon. From the shores of France to the English countryside, from parachutist to nightclub manager, Alain Godon has had a thousand and one lives. But he has always remained a painter. He is a figurative painter with a naive and cheerful pencil stroke, who, far from fashions, trends and museum fads, is acclaimed by many collectors for whom he works from his workshop in Waltham in Kent.
Take an hour break to discover the work of a French painter, Théodore Géricault. You will discover his labour with An Officer of the Imperial horse guards, Heroic landscape with fisherman or The Horse race.
Take an hour break to discover the work of an Italian painter, Amedeo Modigliani. You will discover his labour with Caryatid, Lolotte or others portraits.
