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The latest trend among the Russian oligarchs is to purchase works of art, a way to get into the Kremlin’s good graces, to gild their image… and to cover up the origin of their fortunes, often acquired in the shadow of post-soviet power. Following these new amateurs in the footprints of the well-kno...

Ernst Beyeler had been dealing in art since 1947. Over the years he assembled an impressive collection, shown to the public at the Fondation Beyeler. Beyeler lets us in on the twists and turns of dealing with works by some of the greatest figures in modern art, and shows us pictures in his collectio...

This documentary directed by Monet's great-grandson, relates Claude Monet’s life and work in Giverny, based on unpublished letters and private photos. From 1883 to his death in 1926, Claude Monet lived in this house, far from the hustle and bustle of Paris. There he took his painting to new heights,...

“Can I do a portrait of you with your favourite work of art?’ This is the question that I put to people, chosen more or less randomly, in the galleries of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. This is how our walks began, some of them kilometers long, in search of these images. This is how the film begins. Wh...

In June 1946 Michel Sima, sculptor and photographer, met with Picasso in Antibes. On Picasso’s request, Sima photographed his work in progress in the workshop he’d found for him at Grimaldi Palace, on a daily basis. The work of both these artists, the human experience and their friendship eventuall...

In 1906 Dr Morgenthaler, a psychiatrist at Bern Psychiatric Hospital, started to collect and photograph the drawings, paintings and various objects designed by his patients. This collection of works by schizophrenic artists would later prove to be a crucial link in the chain, which has inspired mode...

For decades, it was believed that the beginnings of art had emerged in Europe, 20,000 years ago at Lascaux, then 36,000 years at Chauvet... Recent researches are shaking up our understanding of art. The art of prehistory is much richer than we thought. Sculpture, music, painting… the creativity of S...

In the south of France, the Chauvet Cave contains the earliest known and best preserved figurative cave paintings in the world. To preserve the cave, a reproduction opened to the public was built near the original one. How did this realization come about? Technicians, scenographers, architects, scul...

Franco, Joanna, Audrey, Lia and Philippe were all stricken by brutal and unexplained uneasiness in front of some artworks during a trip to Florence, Paris or Barcelona. They tell their story: What happened? Sunstroke? Drop in blood pressure? Loss of bearings? An investigation begins... Graziella Mag...

Stony Paths is the story of a walk across Anatolia. Arnaud Khayadjanian starts a trek in Turkey, on the land of his forefathers who survived the Armenian Genocide. Starting from a painting, from encounters and from accounts by his relatives, he goes on exploring the little known issue of the Righteo...