Tag Archives: Exhibition on Screen

the painter and her times (documentary – Mary Cassatt: Painting the Modern Woman – Ali Ray, 2023)

Posted on March 6, 2024 by admin

I have already written on numerous occasions that the ‘Exhibition on Screen’ series of art documentaries initiated by Phil Grabsky (who also conceived and produced many of the episodes) is the most important cinematic event dedicated to the visual arts … Continue reading →

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the loneliness of the artist (documentary: Hopper – An American Love Story – Phil Grabsky, 2022)

Posted on December 20, 2023 by admin

I’m a big fan of the ‘Exhibition on Screen’ series of art films. Since 2012 it has given me the opportunity to visit many of the most important art exhibitions or collections of the great museums of the world without … Continue reading →

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much more than ‘The Scream’ (art documentary: Exhibition on Screen: Munch 150)

Posted on February 14, 2020 by admin

Edvard Munch is one of the most famous names in the history of painting and probably, at the same time, one of the least known artists. The reason is largely due to the celebrity of single painting – ‘The Scream’ … Continue reading →

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Goya’s portraits (documentary: ‘Goya: Visions of Flesh and Blood’ – David Bickerstaff, 2015)

Posted on January 17, 2020 by admin

About one third of the works left to posterity by Francisco Goya were portraits. He was one of the most outstanding portraitists in the history of fine arts and many of his works in this genre represent formidable artistic creations … Continue reading →

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surprising Renoir (documentary: Exhibition on Screen: Renoir – Reviled and Revered – Phil Grabsky, 2016)

Posted on October 18, 2019 by admin

We have the chance to see the films from the ‘Exhibition on Screen’ series at our local cinematheque. Yesterday we had the pleasure not only of watching the documentary ‘Exhibition on Screen: Renoir – Reviled and Revered‘, but also of … Continue reading →

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youth of a genius (Film: Young Picasso – Phil Grabsky, 2019)

Posted on May 17, 2019 by admin

1907 was an ‘annus mirabilis’ (a wonderful year) in the history of art and in the life of Pablo Picasso. It was the year when Picasso painted ‘Les Demoiselles d’Avignon’, a painting that overturned all the traditional conceptions of composition, … Continue reading →

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portraits and letters (Film: Cézanne, Portraits of a Life – Phil Grabsky, 2018)

Posted on March 15, 2019 by admin

Paul Cezanne’s life can be divided into two very different periods. Born in 1839 in a prosperous family, with a banker father, he chose a life and artistic career very different from the expectations of the bourgeois environment. All his … Continue reading →

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