The perennially popular paintings of Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) have long been recognised as embodying the sophistication and elegance of Georgian England.
View Details >>Venice is the subject that dominates the later, glorious paintings and watercolours of J.M.W. Turner. Filmed in Italy and London, and produced alongside Tate’s major 2003-4 exhibition on the subject, Turner and Venice explores all aspects of the rich relationship between the painter and the city.
View Details >>The artist J.M.W. Turner is widely recognised as England’s greatest painter. Tate has the world’s finest and most extensive collection of his work and this film provides an overview of Turner’s life and of critical approaches to his art. Also included are a series of short films detailing individual pieces of work.
View Details >>The painter William Hodges is increasingly seen as a key figure in eighteenth-century British art and in its relationships with the wider world. Produced alongside the National Maritime Museum’s spectacular exhibition, this film reviews Hodges’ career and his complex and beautiful art.
View Details >>Gillian Ayres defined her career by ranges of style and manner. Early decorative images in the 1960s gave way to a return to extreme and painterly extraction in the Seventies before later moving back to oil painting and her exclusive colorful style for which she is so well known.
View Details >>David Batchelor’s art is about colour. With lightboxes and everyday plastics, eccentric chandeliers and projections, he brings pure, direct colour into galleries and public spaces.
View Details >>The film focuses on the influences of Sandra Blow and how she practiced her art during the time she was preparing for for the 2006 Royal Academy Exhibition. This would sadly be her last exhibition as she sadly passed away that year.
View Details >>Having worked together for more than 30 years, the Boyle Family has produced art that scrutinises and replicates fragments of reality and landscapes with the aim to embrace all aspects of an ever-changing world.
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Matthew Bourne brings his unique take on the legendary 1948 feature film.
Shakespeare’s classic love story is given a novel twist by being set in the dystopian “Verona Institution”.
