Sophie Fiennes' fascinating documentary offers a revealing and intimate insight into the creative process of acclaimed artist Anselm Kiefer. Beautifully shot, the films tracks Kiefer as he transforms the environs of an abandoned silk factory in southern France with an ongoing series of monumental installations; Seriously, obtuse art house though...I mean serio find out more...

A mesmerizing deconstruction of the man, his life, his loves, his humanity and their influence on a painter who stands not only as a genius but as the greatest artist of the twentieth century. Covering Picasso's early childhood in Spain towards the end of the nineteenth century up to his death in the South of France in the 1970's this is the definitive film biography of the great man. find out more...

A gentle, insightful portrait of environmental artist Andy Goldsworthy and his painstaking method of using natural materials, usually sourced at the scene, to create three-dimensional works of staggering but often transient beauty; much of Goldsworthy's work slowly decomposes in the landscape that houses it or is eventually reclaimed by the sea. Despite occasional episodes of slightly smirksome art-speak, Goldsworthy's rationale and attitude toward his work (when he can articulate it) is refresh find out more...

Focusing on eight iconic works of art this series reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages. Using a combination of dramatic reconstruction, spectacular photography and Simon Schama's enthusiastic and idiosyncratic narration the viewer is led from the murderous world of baroque Rome to paranoid, revolutionary Paris and the carnage of civil war Spain to the paradox of a 1950s New York caught between Cold War jitters and Manhattan glitter. Excellent! This disc looks at Caravaggio' find out more...

Focusing on eight iconic works of art this series reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages. Using a combination of dramatic reconstruction, spectacular photography and Simon Schama's enthusiastic and idiosyncratic narration the viewer is led from the murderous world of baroque Rome to paranoid, revolutionary Paris and the carnage of civil war Spain to the paradox of a 1950s New York caught between Cold War jitters and Manhattan glitter. Excellent! This disc looks at David's Dea find out more...

Focusing on eight iconic works of art this series reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages. Using a combination of dramatic reconstruction, spectacular photography and Simon Schama's enthusiastic and idiosyncratic narration the viewer is led from the murderous world of baroque Rome to paranoid, revolutionary Paris and the carnage of civil war Spain to the paradox of a 1950s New York caught between Cold War jitters and Manhattan glitter. Excellent! This disc looks at Picasso's G find out more...

An artful documentary about the life of Daniel Johnson, singer/songwriter, artist, cartoonist and general artistic genius, but a man sadly afflicted with a severe mental illness that makes him totally self-delusional and an occasional danger to both himself and others. Daniel, raised in a Christian fundamentalist family in deepest West Virginia, amongst many of his fantasies, sees Devils everywhere, and with his overblown self-importance, not helped by his legions of admirers, vying with his low find out more...

The film follows Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, as he attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all of art: How did 17th century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer ("Girl with a Pearl Earring") manage to paint so photo-realistically, 150 years before the invention of photography?

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The programme delves into the symbolism some experts say is encoded into such masterpieces as the Last Supper and Mona Lisa. 'Unlocking Da Vinci's Code' considers the controversial issues raised by the book in a contemporary context, and serves as a companion to the runaway bestseller and subsequent blockbuster movie. find out more...

Cox has created a magnificent insight into the troubled life of an artistic genius. Hurt movingly reads from Vincent's letters to his brother, revealing the extent of Van Gogh's inner struggle with the demons that eventually overcame him. Stunning, colourful imagery, mixing landscape with art.

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