The TV competition series is billed as a ‘masterclass’ – and none of the contestants will be booted off until the finale. Where’s the fun in that?
The meticulous attention to Chinese decorative arts is as great a draw as the court intrigue in ‘Story of Yanxi Palace’
The Amazon series limps through its art history but is just about salvaged by its endearingly goofy hero
Agatha Christie's sleuth has been nowhere more at home than in ITV's interwar locations – their clean lines the perfect match for the punctilious Poirot
The Gardner Museum heist hasn’t been solved in 30 years – and it’s perfect fodder for a true crime documentary
As a new documentary reveals, the Scottish painter braved wind, rain and Arctic ice in search of his 'rough truth'
Francis Lee’s film plays fast and loose with Mary Anning’s life – but at least it digs the great geologist out of historical obscurity
For Katherine Parkinson's TV play about portrait sitters, Roxana Halls ‘ghost-painted’ a series of portraits – a demanding role, as they tell Apollo
The knavery and folly of the rarefied art world are writ large in a documentary that picks over the Knoedler forgery scandal
Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan shine in the story of the Sutton Hoo discovery
The crotchety cult legend is giving art lessons on TV – and it’s all surprisingly charming
The city’s most devoted citizen explains urban life to Martin Scorsese
By bringing recent Black British history to life, the film-maker has also conjured up a world full of joy and anger
A documentary directed by her daughter sets out just why the collector and philanthropist is beloved by so many
The inspiration behind Batman’s Joker and many a monster movie, Paul Leni’s ‘The Man Who Laughs’ is a masterpiece of Expressionist cinema
An engaging documentary profiles the collectors who possess – or would like to possess – paintings by the Dutch master
A documentary about the unlikely friendship between an artist and the man who stole her work raises tantalising questions about image-making and ownership
The French director’s film about an 18th-century painter and her muse is a visual feast
The film adaptation of Donna Tartt’s novel is visually enticing but unwieldy
The film tries to imagine what being the painter was like – the results are as stressful, and appealing, as you might expect
Demonic forces make their presence felt in this horror film set in the art world
Never Look Away is based on the life of the great German artist – but it doesn’t do justice to his work
Frederick Wiseman talks to Fatema Ahmed about his new film, National Gallery
