Abstract Art Movies

How can an artist discover abstraction by the beginning of the 20th century and nobody is noticing? A woman, misjudged and concealed, rocks the art...

A journey to the origins of cinema, starting with its forgotten fathers: the pioneers who achieved moving images before 1895, the official year of...

A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her...

Portrait of Andy Goldsworthy, an artist whose specialty is ephemeral sculptures made from elements of nature.

Curator Robert Storr takes us through the 2002 MoMA Gerhard Richter retrospective.

Gerhard Richter has spent over half a century experimenting with a tremendous range of techniques and ideas, addressing historical crises and mass...

Jackson Pollock said, “he makes the rest of us look academic,” Mark Rothko acknowledged him as a “myth-maker” and Clement...

Upon using a modern art museum as the setting for a role play game that goes hopelessly awry, a deaf couple desperate to rekindle their spark finds...

An abstract artist promises to deliver twenty five paintings to an art gallery. As he fights for his creative spark and deadlines loom, he feels his...

This documentary features a kinetic artist who creates vibrant mixed media works that push the boundary between 2D and 3D.

When forest animals invade our cities, the world is in disarray. Office vixen Fiona struggles with her banana phone addiction. Will she succumb to...

Abstract animation by Satoh Yoshinao, assembled from newspapers.

A description of some parts of the world - explored, visited, documented, imagined. An abstract attempt at finding them again. The title refers to...

An abstract animated film, using computer and experimental techniques in choreographing quilt motifs and designs to music. A tribute to the unique...

A coyote walks through a distorted reality without color.

In this 60 second art piece, a dog named Layla is called upon by nature to defend harmless daisy flowers from the wild grass that is conquering their...

The Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky claimed, or has been credited with, the 'creation' of abstract art. At the core of this film is a dramatic...

The documentary accompanies Irish-born artist Sean Scully as he works on his piece “Grey Wolf”.

The Super Sucklord is a New York pop artist who makes bootleg action figures through his designer toy company, Suckadelic. He pioneered an entirely...

Mark Rothko, a master of abstract expressionism, created 835 paintings during his five-decade career.